By Emma Whitford ( September 1, 2026, 21:00 GMT | Insight) -- Fresh off of August recess, US Democratic Representative Lori Trahan of Massachusetts urged the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to take up artificial intelligence transparency legislation she sponsored with California Republican Jay Obernolte, saying it offers an urgently needed alternative to existing federal governance that is “ad hoc, opaque and blunt.” Fresh off of August recess, US Democratic Representative Lori Trahan of Massachusetts urged the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to take up artificial intelligence transparency legislation she sponsors with California Republican Representative Jay Obernolte, saying it offers an urgently-needed alternative to existing federal governance that is “ad hoc, opaque and blunt.”...
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