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Christopher Coons

4 press releases on AI$43K from AI-industry employees and PACs

Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

toward oversightSep 24, 2026

Coons and colleagues introduce the bipartisan AI Systems Transparency Act to require AI companies to disclose data practices, safeguards, and guardrails under FTC enforcement.

“WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced the AI Systems Transparency Act (ASTA) which would require AI com…”

toward oversightSep 23, 2026

Accuses Trump of failing to block China's access to American AI chips and calls for restricting China's access to AI technology to protect US security.

“WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) led a group of senior Democratic senators in raising alarm ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, h…”

toward oversightSep 14, 2026

Coons calls for Congress to establish enforceable guardrails on AI risks and pass his AI Whistleblower Protection Act.

“WILMINGTON, Del. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) joined Bloomberg This Weekend yesterday to discuss the growing risks of artificial intelligence and the need for Congress to…”

neutralJul 16, 2026

Coons promotes a bill to help workers displaced by AI use unemployment benefits to start businesses leveraging new AI tools.

“WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Jon Husted (R-Ohio) introduced the New Opportunities for Business Ownership and Self-Sufficiency (NO BOSS) Act today, leg…”

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How they voted

Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs

Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's.

$35K

From employees and investors, personally

$8K

From company PACs

By employer

Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list.

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Aug 19, 2026James SiminoffAMAZON$4K↗
Aug 19, 2026James SiminoffAMAZON$4K↗
Aug 14, 2026Douglas HerringtonAMAZON$4K↗
Aug 11, 2026David ZapolskyAMAZON$4K↗
May 29, 2025Akash JainPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$4K↗
May 27, 2025Mehdi AlhassaniPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$4K↗
Mar 25, 2026Samuel BowmanANTHROPIC$3K↗
Aug 29, 2025Kent WalkerGOOGLE LLC$3K↗
Jul 24, 2026ANTHROPIC PBC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ANTHROPAC)PAC$3K↗
Nov 4, 2025META PLATFORMS, INC. PACPAC$3K↗
May 27, 2025Mehdi AlhassaniPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$3K↗
Dec 30, 2025META PLATFORMS, INC. PACPAC$2K↗
Aug 13, 2026John FeltonAMAZON$1K↗
May 31, 2026Frederick HumphriesMICROSOFT$1K↗
Aug 29, 2025Kent WalkerGOOGLE LLC$600↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.