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The words “we have a deal” echoed through the halls of Congress after 97 days of waiting for the White House to engage in negotiations, several weeks of intense talks, and decades of out-of-control government spending that had been left completely unchecked.
The final product of those negotiations was named the Fiscal Responsibility Act, a bill to raise the debt ceiling until January 2025 while enacting measures to reduce non-defense spending and shrink the deficit without raising taxes. This is the first debt ceiling increase in the last decade that achieves all of these goals.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) released the following statement on the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023:
Here’s an easy prediction about how artificial intelligence will impact Southern California over the next 25 years: It won’t look anything like Skynet.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) spoke to leaders in the cement industry on Wednesday about the importance of unleashing American innovation and empowering industries to take the lead driving the American economy towards higher efficiency and lower emissions.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Hesperia) introduced a new bill to bolster rural broadband access for rural and federally land-locked communities including CA-23 this week. H.R. 3340, the Granting Remaining Applications Not Treated Efficiently or Delayed (GRANTED) Act, incentivizes expeditious approval of applications to place broadband infrastructure on federal land by granting automatic approval of any application still pending following the current 270-day deadline.
Rep. Jay Obernolte has said it many times: The biggest risk posed by artificial intelligence is not “an army of evil robots with red laser eyes rising to take over the world.”
Over the past several months, I’ve often been asked by reporters, fellow members of Congress and constituents alike what a future with artificial intelligence might look like and what role Congress should play in regulating this revolutionary technology. As the only member of Congress with a graduate degree in AI, and as a computer programmer who has written millions of lines of code over a 30-year career in software development, I’ve devoted substantial thought to these questions.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA) introduced H.R. 2739, the Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act on Thursday alongside co-lead Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) and original cosponsors Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC).
U.S. Rep. Jay Obernolte is taking the Department of Veterans Affairs to task over what he describes as a hostile work environment at Loma Linda VA Medical Center.
U.S. Congressman Jay Obernolte (CA-23) is inviting high school students from California’s 23rd District to participate in the 2023 Congressional Art Competition. Each spring, members of the U.S. House of Representatives host a nationwide high school art contest, offering a wonderful opportunity to showcase the talent and creativity of our district's young artists.