Nathaniel Moran
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
Moran champions the bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act requiring frontier AI developers to build human intervention and shutdown capabilities, framing it as light-touch safety that does not impede American AI leadership.
“In 1951, Alan Turing, the father of modern computing, looked at the thinking machines he helped invent and offered a quiet warning. Once machines could learn and reason for themselves, he said, “we sh…”
Moran's AI kill switch bill would give DHS emergency shutdown authority, mandatory incident reporting, and steep daily fines for dangerous AI systems.
“What would trigger a government shutdown order? DHS could act after what the bill calls a "covered incident." One trigger involves an AI system interfering with a lawful shutdown instruction. Another…”
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How they voted
motion to recommit · H.R. 8800 · Failed 213-216
passage · H.R. 8800 · Passed 216-212
procedural · S. 1071 · Failed 209-216
passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312-112
motion to recommit · H.R. 3838 · Failed 208-219
AI super PAC spending in this race
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, 2026 cycle. This money never touches the campaign; it is spent for or against the candidate directly.
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.
$14K
From employees and investors, personally
$4K
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 28, 2026 | Jan Leike | ANTHROPIC | $4K | ↗ |
| May 28, 2026 | Trenton Bricken | ANTHROPIC | $4K | ↗ |
| May 21, 2026 | Tao Lin | ANTHROPIC | $4K | ↗ |
| May 7, 2026 | Daniel Ziegler | ANTHROPIC PBC | $4K | ↗ |
| Mar 31, 2025 | GOOGLE LLC NETPAC | PAC | $2K | ↗ |
| Dec 19, 2025 | GOOGLE LLC NETPAC | PAC | $1K | ↗ |
| Nov 14, 2025 | GOOGLE LLC NETPAC | PAC | $1K | ↗ |
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.