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Pete Ricketts

RepublicanSenator · NEOfficial site ↗JSONReport an error
6 AI votes on record1 press release on AI$84K itemized from AI-industry employees and PACsAI super PACs: $263K for, $0 against

Data as of: votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026 · contributions Sep 9, 2026 (incomplete) · super PAC spending Sep 11, 2026. What changed

Said and voted

What they said

toward oversightAug 11, 2026

Ricketts promotes the bipartisan MATCH Act to multilateralize semiconductor equipment export controls and deny China the compute needed to overtake U.S. AI.

“The following op-ed by U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) was originally published by the Washington Times on August 10, 2026. Industry and government officials widely…”

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

How they voted

NAYJul 16, 2026
Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 198; A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".

motion to proceed · S.J.Res. 198 · Rejected 46-50

YEAJul 14, 2026
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 4784; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 4784 · Rejected 50-46

YEADec 17, 2025
Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

procedural · S. 1071 · Agreed to 77-20

YEADec 15, 2025
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

cloture · S. 1071 · Agreed to 76-20

YEADec 11, 2025
Motion to Proceed to the House Message to Accompany S. 1071; A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposes.

motion to proceed · S. 1071 · Agreed to 75-22

YEAJul 1, 2025
To strike the section relating to support for artificial intelligence.

amendment · H.R. 1 · S.Amdt. 2814 · Agreed to 99-1

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.

Supporting · Public First · 3 filings$263K
Every filing in this race →Which PACs, and who funds them →

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.

$68K

From employees and investors, personally

$17K

From company PACs

24

Itemized receipts

By employer

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

Largest gifts

DateContributorEmployer, as filedAmountFiling
Jun 18, 2026AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$5K↗
Mar 12, 2026GOOGLE LLC NETPACPAC$5K↗
Mar 28, 2025GOOGLE LLC NETPACPAC$5K↗
Jun 23, 2026Jacob EhrlichANTHROPIC$4K↗
Jun 22, 2026Jason ClintonANTHROPIC$4K↗
Jun 15, 2026Peter LofgrenANTHROPIC$4K↗
Jun 9, 2026Todor MarkovANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 4, 2026Carson DenisonANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 4, 2026Carson DenisonANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 1, 2026Trenton BrickenANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 1, 2026Andrew JonesANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 1, 2026Trenton BrickenANTHROPIC$4K↗
May 1, 2026Andrew JonesANTHROPIC$4K↗
Mar 1, 2026Brad SmithMICROSOFT CORPORATION$4K↗
Mar 1, 2026Brad SmithMICROSOFT CORPORATION$4K↗

Source: OpenFEC Schedule A, itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Sep 9, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.