Valerie Paige Foushee

Military and National Security Uses of AI

Positions on the use of AI in military, intelligence, or national security contexts.

Recommended humans in the loop to identify and remedy potential flaws in civil rights and civil liberties in the Bipartisan House Task Force Report on Artificial Intelligence.

Source: Statement · foushee.house.gov

AI Regulation Philosophy

A candidate's general stance on regulating AI systems.

Co-Chair of House Democratic Commission on AI; member of bipartisan House Task Force on AI; criticized White House AI Framework for not putting people first; introduced HBCU Artificial Intelligence Research Leadership Act and Expanding AI Voices Act; member of House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

Source: Statement · foushee.house.gov

Data Centers

Positions on the development, regulation, or public impact of data center infrastructure as it relates to AI, including energy consumption and grid reliability concerns tied to AI workloads.

Championed priorities including assessing and understanding AI's rising environmental and energy impacts.

Source: Statement · foushee.house.gov

Jobs and Workforce Disruption

Positions on AI-driven job displacement, reskilling programs, unemployment policy, and tax policy for distributing AI-driven wealth.

Released a report and launched an investigation emphasizing the need for transparency and clarity regarding the impact of AI on American jobs following historic layoffs.

Source: Statement · foushee.house.gov

Deepfakes and AI Fraud

Views on AI-generated misinformation, scam prevention, fraud targeting vulnerable populations, and synthetic media disclosure requirements.

Introduced Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Act to establish technical standards and guidelines for generatie Ai content and ensure that the use of this technology is disclosed when it's used to create or modify audio/visual content; wrote a letter warning an AI moratorium would undermine bipartisan protections for women and girls and prevent states from responding to rapidly evolving AI-enabled threats, specifically on the growing use of generative AI to stalk and track women, violate the privacy of domestic violence survivors, and create non-consensual porn deepfakes.

Source: Statement · foushee.house.gov

AI Preemption

Stance on federal preemption of state AI laws, states' rights to regulate AI, and the patchwork of local vs. national regulatory approaches.

A part of a group of women lawmakers urging Speaker Mike Johnson and Dem Leader Hakeem Jeffries to reject any effort to include a broad moratorium on state and local AI regulation in the NDAA.