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WASHINGTON – This week, Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) led the entire California Republican delegation in urging Governor Gavin Newsom to suspend the state’s upcoming gas tax increase on July 1, 2025.
Today, Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Doug LaMalfa (CA-01) and Vice Chair Jay Obernolte (CA-23) celebrated President Donald Trump’s signing of three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to overturn California’s de facto electric vehicle (EV) mandates.
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Whistleblower Protection Act to provide explicit whistleblower protections to those developing and deploying AI.
A co-chair of the U.S. Congressional artificial intelligence task force urged federal energy regulators this week to support the development of data centers directly connected to power plants, citing national security and competition for global AI dominance, according to a letter seen by Reuters dated Dec. 5.
Over homemade tacos at a Capitol Hill row home, several of California’s members of Congress did something unusual last year: they gathered for a bipartisan, home-cooked meal where politics were not on the menu.
Rep. Jay Obernolte introduced legislation in March to reduce the United States’ reliance on China and other foreign nations for critical minerals.
Critical minerals and rare earth metals are used to manufacture consumer electronics, military equipment, electric vehicle batteries, and other advanced technologies vital to America’s homeland security and economic competitiveness.
California's state government, under the leadership of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, is pursuing a wide-ranging climate agenda targeting the transportation sector — actions that could have major economic implications.
Jay Obernolte was a seventh grader when his father came home with a transformative gift: an Apple II Plus computer and a book on how to learn to program.
As artificial intelligence gets more sophisticated, federal policymakers have to reckon with what that means for national security.
With AI, the weapon can also be the shield. We examine how the U.S. is embracing AI as a tool to bolster its cyber defenses and what Congress is doing on the issue.
