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Mark Warner

11 press releases on AI$261K 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
NAY
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed

cloture · Sep 30, 2026 · Rejected 57-43

toward oversightSep 29, 2026

Warner calls for mandatory, enforceable data center guardrails on energy, water, and transparency rather than the weaker voluntary Ratepayer Protection Act.

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What they said

toward oversightOct 5, 2026

Warner criticizes the administration's new AI coordinator role as lacking a coherent strategy and meaningful safeguards, calling for rigorous testing, safety standards, and oversight of advanced AI systems.

“WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement after President Trump named Director of National Intelligen…”

toward oversightSep 29, 2026

Warner calls for mandatory, enforceable data center guardrails on energy, water, and transparency rather than the weaker voluntary Ratepayer Protection Act.

“BROADCAST-QUALITY VIDEO IS AVAILABLE HERE WASHINGTON – On the floor of the United States Senate today, Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) called on Congress to enact meaningful protections for communities fa…”

toward oversightSep 29, 2026

Warner pushed for unanimous consent on legislation requiring pretesting, safety protocols, and incident reporting for advanced AI systems, blocked by Cruz's objection.

“BROADCAST-QUALITY VIDEO IS AVAILABLE HERE WASHINGTON – On the floor of the United States Senate today, Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), joined by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Andy Kim (D-NJ), asked for u…”

toward oversightSep 29, 2026

Warner criticizes Trump's executive order renaming AI as inadequate self-regulation and touts his own legislation to mandate testing, cybersecurity, and safety rules for advanced AI.

“WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement: “The companies building the most powerful AI systems are …”

toward oversightSep 24, 2026

Warner introduced and is pushing passage of legislation to establish enforceable safety and security standards for frontier AI systems.

“WASHINGTON –Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Andy Kim (D-NJ) introduced sweeping legislation to establish…”

toward oversightSep 21, 2026

Warner leads senators demanding investigation and stronger governance of AI failures in military and intelligence operations.

“WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Jack Reed (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Chris Coons (D…”

toward oversightAug 18, 2026

Warner demands Meta account for AI-generated CSAM/NCII ads and touts his SAFE AI Act to ban such AI systems and give survivors a private right of action.

“WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) raised the alarm over a recent report that Meta ran advertisements across its platforms that featured child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and non-consensual…”

toward oversightAug 11, 2026

Warner backs bipartisan bills requiring annual reporting on China's AI stack and strengthening export-control enforcement to protect U.S. AI and chip leadership.

“WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jon Husted (R-OH) introduced a package of four bipartisan bills to strengthen America’s national security and close loopholes that foreign adversaries, i…”

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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.

$241K

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
Jul 21, 2025AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$5K↗
Jan 30, 2025AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC)PAC$5K↗
May 6, 2026GOOGLE NETPACPAC$5K↗
Jun 30, 2026Michael LucyANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 30, 2026Kyle FishANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 30, 2026Michael LucyANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 30, 2026Kyle FishANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 29, 2026Ross NordbyANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 29, 2026Raphael LeeANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 29, 2026Andrew CallahanANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 29, 2026Ross NordbyANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 29, 2026Raphael LeeANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 29, 2026Andrew CallahanANTHROPIC PBC$4K↗
Jun 22, 2026Gerard PetrellaMICROSOFT$4K↗
Jun 4, 2026Brian ChenANTHROPIC$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.