Congress Divided Over AI Regulation: Johnson Says Self-Police, Democrats Demand Oversight

Washington is split over how America should handle artificial intelligence. House Speaker Mike Johnson says AI companies should largely self-regulate and warns that a moratorium could allow China to overtake the U.S. in AI. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal says Big Tech cannot be trusted to police itself and is demanding urgent federal oversight. The fight over AI regulation is now becoming a major political and national-security debate.