# Pat Harrigan

Republican Representative · NC-10 [Official site ↗](https://harrigan.house.gov) [JSON](https://whovotedwhy.com/data/politicians/H001101.json) [Report an error](mailto:hello@jonasneves.com?subject=WhoVotedWhy%20correction%3A%20member%20H001101&body=Row%20or%20page%3A%20member%20H001101%0AWhat%20is%20wrong%3A%0APrimary%20source%20that%20shows%20it%3A%0A)

1 press release on AI $16K 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](https://whovotedwhy.com/data/changes.json)

## Said and voted

### What they said

mixed Aug 31, 2026

Harrigan backs bipartisan monitoring of self-improving AI through NIST while stressing the bill imposes no new mandates and won't impede innovation.

“Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) joined Congressman George Whitesides (D-CA-27) in introducing the bipartisan Self-Improving AI Monitoring…”

[Source ↗](https://harrigan.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-pat-harrigan-co-leads-bipartisan-bill-track-self-improving-ai) [cites HR.10180 by title](https://whovotedwhy.com/bills/f81273d3ca4e5add)

Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record.

### How they voted

YEA Sep 16, 2026

[Ratepayer Protection Act](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/2b7d2d9f22b81270)

passage under suspension · H.R. 9340 · Passed 417-3

NAY Jul 22, 2026

[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/4e1afa79062efed0)

motion to recommit · H.R. 8800 · Failed 213-216

YEA Jul 22, 2026

[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/0738d91905dc4b0e)

passage · H.R. 8800 · Passed 216-212

NAY Jun 29, 2026

[KIDS Act](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/66fd8f27dd804f2b)

passage under suspension · H.R. 7757 · Passed 267-117

NAY Jan 20, 2026

[AI for Main Street Act](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/e27463e864c986ac)

passage under suspension · H.R. 5764 · Passed 395-14

NAY Dec 10, 2025

[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/0100b757ace90999)

procedural · S. 1071 · Failed 209-216

YEA Dec 10, 2025

[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/a25c2a752d51bf81)

passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312-112

NAY Sep 10, 2025

[Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/568b5e8fcd2727ab)

motion to recommit · H.R. 3838 · Failed 208-219

## 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.

$15K

From employees and investors, personally

$1K

From company PACs

### By employer

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

### Largest gifts

| Date | Contributor | Employer, as filed | Amount | Filing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 18, 2026 | Peter Lofgren | ANTHROPIC | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202607159875342045) |
| May 18, 2026 | Rishi Gupta | ANTHROPIC | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202607159875342044) |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Marc Andreessen | ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202606029870359401) |
| May 18, 2026 | Peter Lofgren | ANTHROPIC | $2K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202607159875342045) |
| May 18, 2026 | Rishi Gupta | ANTHROPIC | $2K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202607159875342044) |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Marc Andreessen | ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ | $2K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202606029870359403) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC) | PAC | $1K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202607159875342177) |

Source: [OpenFEC Schedule A](https://api.open.fec.gov), itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.