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Ted Lieu

DemocratRepresentative · CA-36Official site ↗JSONReport an error
2 press releases on AI$98K 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 16, 2026

Lieu and Markey urged Trump to get China to commit to keeping humans in the loop on nuclear launch decisions involving AI.

“WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) urged President Trump to raise the principle of maintaining a “human-in-the-loop” in nuclear launch deci…”

toward oversightJul 23, 2026

Lieu's AI Kill Switch Act would require large AI developers to be able to shut down powerful systems and give the government emergency shutdown authority.

““As AI systems grow more capable and more autonomous, no law guarantees that the companies building the most powerful models can actually shut a system down when it malfunctions, causes serious harm, …”

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

How they voted

YEASep 16, 2026
Ratepayer Protection Act

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

YEAJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

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

NAYJul 22, 2026
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

passage · H.R. 8800 · Passed 216-212

YEAJun 29, 2026
KIDS Act

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

YEAJan 20, 2026
AI for Main Street Act

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

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

procedural · S. 1071 · Failed 209-216

YEADec 10, 2025
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312-112

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.

$78K

From employees and investors, personally

$20K

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
Mar 24, 2025AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$5K↗
Jun 15, 2026GOOGLE LLC NETPACPAC$4K↗
Jun 13, 2026Benedict GomesGOOGLE$4K↗
Jun 12, 2026Donald HarrisonGOOGLE INC.$4K↗
Jun 11, 2026Jennifer FitzpatrickGOOGLE$4K↗
Jun 8, 2026Maria ShimGOOGLE LLC$4K↗
May 27, 2026Samuel BowmanANTHROPIC, PBC$4K↗
May 27, 2026Samuel BowmanANTHROPIC, PBC$4K↗
May 17, 2026Timothy MaxwellANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 17, 2026Timothy MaxwellANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 3, 2026Adly TempletonANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 3, 2026Adly TempletonANTHROPIC$4K↗
Mar 1, 2026Bradford SmithMICROSOFT CORPORATION$4K↗
Oct 8, 2025Drake ThomasANTHROPIC$4K↗
Oct 8, 2025Drake ThomasANTHROPIC$4K↗

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.