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Lori Trahan

DemocratRepresentative · MA-3Official site ↗JSONReport an error
8 press releases on AI$5K 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

Same bill, both records

Bills this member both voted on and cited in a release. Shown side by side; no score is drawn from them (why).

Ratepayer Protection Act
YEA
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

passage under suspension · Sep 16, 2026 · Passed 417-3

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Trahan voted for the Ratepayer Protection Act to make data centers pay for their own infrastructure costs and protect ratepayers from price hikes.

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toward oversightJul 21, 2026

Trahan backs bipartisan bills forcing AI data centers to pay their own grid costs and calls for going further on efficiency and environmental rules.

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What they said

toward oversightOct 7, 2026

Trahan's CLAIM Act would hold AI developers legally liable for harms caused by autonomous AI agents.

“Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released a discussion draft of the Clear Liability for Artificial Intelligence Misconduct (CLAIM) Act. Th…”

toward oversightOct 1, 2026

Reps. Trahan and Obernolte praise the White House AI Accord and push their FRONTIER Act to codify national safety standards and oversight for frontier AI models.

“Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23), authors of the bipartisan FRONTIER Act, issued the following statement on the White House Accord signed by leading A…”

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Trahan and Beyer led a bipartisan letter urging House leadership to urgently advance AI oversight, security, and transparency legislation in response to AI-related cyberattacks and risk warnings.

“Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-07), a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, le…”

toward oversightSep 16, 2026

Trahan voted for the Ratepayer Protection Act to make data centers pay for their own infrastructure costs and protect ratepayers from price hikes.

“Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, voted to pass the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, legislation that gives state utility regulators cl…”

toward oversightAug 28, 2026

Trahan touts endorsement of her bipartisan FRONTIER Act, which would impose binding federal safety frameworks, third-party audits, and incident reporting on frontier AI developers.

“In a new analysis, the consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge backed Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congressman Jay Obernolte’s (R-CA-23) Frontier Risk Oversight, National Transparency, Ind…”

toward oversightJul 28, 2026

Trahan touts her bipartisan FRONTIER Act establishing a tiered, risk-based federal oversight framework requiring frontier AI developers to publish safety frameworks, undergo third-party audits, and report safety incidents.

“Less than a week after Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23) introduced the Frontier Risk Oversight, National Transparency, Independent Evaluation, and Reporting …”

toward oversightJul 23, 2026

Trahan backs a bipartisan risk-based federal oversight framework requiring transparency, audits, and incident reporting for frontier AI developers under a single national standard.

“Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) and Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23), alongside Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA-50), Scott Franklin (R-FL-18), Suhas Subramanyan (D-VA-10), and Erin Ho…”

toward oversightJul 21, 2026

Trahan backs bipartisan bills forcing AI data centers to pay their own grid costs and calls for going further on efficiency and environmental rules.

“Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) supported the passage of two bipartisan pieces of legislation to protect ratepayers from increased utility costs caused by data centers during a House Energy a…”

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.

$0

From employees and investors, personally

$5K

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 31, 2025GOOGLE LLC NETPACPAC$5K↗

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.