Lawler, Gottheimer Press for Accountability From AI Companies Ahead of 2026 Elections

This press release from Representative Michael Lawler (R-NY) was published on 2026-05-13 and titled "Lawler, Gottheimer Press for Accountability From AI Companies Ahead of 2026 Elections".

Lawler, Gottheimer Press for Accountability From AI Companies Ahead of 2026 Elections

Washington, D.C. – 5/13/26… Today, Congressman Mike Lawler and Congressman Josh Gottheimer sent a bipartisan letter to the CEOs of leading artificial intelligence companies, raising concerns about the role AI platforms will play in the 2026 midterm elections and the need to ensure voters receive accurate, unbiased information. The letter, sent to executives at OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity, and X Corp., requests information on how companies are addressing political bias, misinformation, transparency, and source reliability in large language models ahead of the upcoming election cycle. “AI is going to play a defining role in this election cycle, whether the industry is ready for it or not. The question is whether companies in this space will get ahead of the problem or be forced to address it after the damage is done. We stand ready to work with you and your teams to get this right,” wrote the lawmakers. The full letter can be found HERE. Congressman Lawler is one of the most bipartisan members of Congress and represents New York's 17th Congressional District, which is just north of New York City and contains all or parts of Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Westchester Counties. He was rated the most effective freshman lawmaker in the 118th Congress, 8th overall, surpassing dozens of committee chairs. ###