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George Whitesides

DemocratRepresentative · CA-27Official site ↗JSONReport an error
11 AI votes on record3 press releases on AI$37K itemized from AI-industry employees and PACs

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 29, 2026

Whitesides introduces the Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act to give federal evaluators visibility into frontier labs' automated AI R&D and reduce superintelligence risk.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Reps. George Whitesides (D-CA) and Pat Harrigan (R-NC) introduced the Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act, bipartisan legislation to reduce the risk of superintelligent AI by mo…”

toward oversightAug 4, 2026

Whitesides and colleagues introduce a bill directing NSF to study AI's effects on students so schools deploy the technology responsibly, without new mandates.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. George Whitesides (CA-27), April McClain-Delaney (MD-06), and Andrea Salinas (OR-06) introduced the Understanding AI in the Classroom Act. The use of artificial intelli…”

mixedJul 23, 2026

Whitesides supports legislation enabling AI labs to share threat information to defend against foreign distillation attacks, easing antitrust limits while adding guardrails.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives George Whitesides (D-Calif.-27) and Bob Latta (R-Ohio-5) and U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) are introducing new bipartisan legisl…”

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How they voted

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

NAYJun 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

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.

$31K

From employees and investors, personally

$6K

From company PACs

25

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 30, 2026Daniel ZieglerANTHROPIC PBC$4K
Jun 29, 2026Christopher DixonANDREESSEN HOROWITZ$4K
Jun 24, 2026Steven BillsANTHROPIC$4K
Jun 23, 2026Andrew CallahanANTHROPIC PBC$4K
Jul 6, 2025Matthew D. HancherGOOGLE LLC$4K
Mar 25, 2025James Kevin ScottMICROSOFT CORP$4K
May 18, 2026AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (AMAZON PAC)PAC$2K
Jul 7, 2025Jason SperoGOOGLE$2K
Mar 26, 2026Kevin ScottMICROSOFT$2K
Apr 20, 2026GOOGLE LLC NETPACPAC$1K
Dec 9, 2025GOOGLE LLC NETPACPAC$1K
Oct 25, 2025Frederick HumphriesMICROSOFT$1K
Sep 3, 2025Erica BrandGOOGLE$1K
Jul 25, 2025Katey Sullivan-ClericoMETA PLATFORMS INC$1K
Jun 27, 2025GOOGLE LLC NETPACPAC$1K

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.