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Dave McCormick

4 press releases on AI$25K 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

neutralSep 30, 2026

Senator celebrates a major private investment in a university's AI and technology research leadership without addressing AI regulation.

“WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA) celebrated a historic gift to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) from Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin, including a transformational $1 billion …”

toward oversightSep 25, 2026

Introduces bipartisan bill to bar Chinese-made optical transceivers, which carry data for AI networks, from U.S. national security systems.

“WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Dave McCormick (R-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Cornyn (R-TX), and John Fetterman (D-PA) today introduced the Securing National Security Systems from Chinese Optical Trans…”

mixedJul 29, 2026

McCormick calls for a balanced AI agenda that accelerates American innovation and infrastructure to beat China while adding targeted protections for workers and children.

““America is in an existential race with Communist China for the technologies that will power the future. Even amid uncertainty, we must act with clarity, facts, and a sober recognition that we cannot …”

neutralJul 10, 2026

McCormick touts investment progress from an energy and AI summit but takes no position on AI regulation.

“WASHINGTON – One year ago, Senator Dave McCormick convened the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh, where leading companies in energy and artificial intelligence announce…”

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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.

$21K

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

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Jan 9, 2025GOOGLE NETPACPAC$4K↗
Jun 17, 2026Scott JohnstonANTHROPIC$3K↗
Jun 16, 2026Jascha SohldicksteinANTHROPIC$3K↗
Jan 19, 2026Shyam SankarPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$3K↗
Jun 17, 2026Scott JohnstonANTHROPIC$3K↗
Jun 16, 2026Jascha SohldicksteinANTHROPIC$3K↗
Jan 19, 2026Shyam SankarPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES$3K↗
Aug 15, 2025David ZapolskyAMAZON$2K↗
Jun 17, 2026Scott JohnstonANTHROPIC$800↗

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.