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The short version: Build American AI’s Nathan Leamer told Breitbart that the White House already handed Congress a clear playbook to govern artificial intelligence. If lawmakers want to protect kids, keep American tech competitive, and stop states from choking off innovation with a mess of different rules, they should use it — pronto.
Leamer: The White House gave Congress a “really good template”
Nathan Leamer, executive director of Build American AI, made that point loud and clear at Breitbart’s “Energy Dominance and AI” event in Washington. He stood with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA) and argued that federal leadership beats a chaotic jumble of state laws. Leamer knows the communications world and used that experience to warn that AI needs a single, national approach — not 50 experiments that drive startups out of town.
Why a federal framework beats a state-by-state patchwork
Leamer compared AI policy to internet rules and the need for national standards under the Commerce Clause. That’s the heart of the White House National AI Legislative Framework: set common rules so companies can build and scale here, instead of fleeing states with heavy-handed or contradictory mandates. If Congress embraces the template, we get predictable rules of the road. If it doesn’t, we get compliance headaches, lost jobs, and more power handed to hostile foreign competitors.
Protecting kids and preserving innovation — not choosing one over the other
The White House framework Leamer praised isn’t about kneecapping innovation. It talks about age-gating, parental controls, IP safeguards, and targeted federal preemption to stop states from making a patchwork mess. That balance matters. We can keep children safe and still let American companies compete with China. Or we can let activists and state bureaus write the rules and watch our edge vanish while Beijing cheers.
Congress must act — and Republicans should lead
Here’s the blunt truth: President Trump’s framework gives lawmakers a real chance to lock in pro-growth, pro-family AI rules. Conservatives in Congress ought to push it hard, not hand the floor over to well-funded special interests who want to slow innovation. Washington can either craft sensible national law or sit back while states fight each other and startups leave. Pick a side — and let’s hope Congress chooses America.
