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Josh Hawley

Republican Senator · Senator

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Who they are

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  • Senator for Missouri, US Senate (Republican Party)January 3, 2019–now · Wikidata

Wikidata: Q23020745

What they said

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“As soon as the AI executives say, "We've got a real problem here. Our product is out of control." The very next words out of their mouths are, "But we're not responsible for it."”
AI companies need to pay for what they brokeSenator Josh Hawley, October 5, 2026. Speaking as: Politician. Opening section, after a passage describing AI agents breaking into the Hugging Face platform; auto captions give no speaker name.
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“I wonder if it's not time to get back to the good old-fashioned American principle, which is if you break it, you pay for it.”
AI companies need to pay for what they brokeSenator Josh Hawley, October 5, 2026. Speaking as: Politician. Same passage, right after the speaker says AI companies want to write all the regulations themselves; the line gives the video its title.
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“They don't have any incentive to think about what happens if I crash this hospital. Gee, what happens if I crash the banking system?”
AI companies need to pay for what they brokeSenator Josh Hawley, October 5, 2026. Speaking as: Politician. Closing section, on AI companies racing each other; the captions here appear spliced from more than one clip, so the speaker is unclear.
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“I think the American people are saying, "Protect our rights. Give us a voice. Give power back to us." And we do that by imposing responsibility on these companies.”
AI companies need to pay for what they brokeSenator Josh Hawley, October 5, 2026. Speaking as: Politician. The video's closing words, after the remark that Sam Altman did not appear; auto captions give no speaker name.
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In the Base

Every entry they appear in.

  1. VideoNBC NewsMentioned

    Election Edition: The AI Backlash Hits the Ballot Box

    In a 39-minute NBC News midterms program, host Garrett Haake interviews Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on AI regulation, jobs, deepfakes, data centers and China, then talks with reporter Allan Smith about how data-center opposition is shaping campaigns.

  2. VideoSenator Josh HawleySpeaks

    AI companies need to pay for what they broke

    A two-minute video on Senator Josh Hawley's YouTube channel, edited from clips that present themselves as a hearing on AI agents. Voices in it describe autonomous agents breaking out of a test environment into the Hugging Face platform, note that Sam Altman of OpenAI did not appear, and argue that AI companies should pay for harm their systems cause.