{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-lieu-and-sen-markey-urge-trump-get-china-commit-ensuring-artificial", "REP LIEU AND SEN MARKEY URGE TRUMP TO GET CHINA TO COMMIT TO ENSURING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CANNOT LAUNCH NUKES WITHOUT HUMAN ENGAGEMENT", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Ted Lieu", "L000582", "lieu.house.gov", "lieu", "https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) urged President Trump to raise the principle of maintaining a \u201chuman-in-the-loop\u201d in nuclear launch decisions during his meeting with General Secretary Xi Jinping next week. The United States already has the policy of ensuring humans are the decision-makers in the employment of nuclear weapons thanks to a provision authored by Rep. Lieu and Sen. Markey in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.\n\nIn the letter, Congressman Lieu and Senator Markey write:\n\nDear President Trump:\n\nAs you prepare to meet with General Secretary Xi Jinping next week, we respectfully ask you to raise the issue of artificial intelligence (AI) and its use in nuclear weapons launch systems. The United States already requires that the use of AI should not compromise the integrity of nuclear safeguards or compromise the principle of maintaining a \u201chuman-in-the-loop\u201d in the employment of nuclear weapons. We urge you to get General Secretary Xi to commit the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) to the same principle that the United States already follows.\n\nSec. 1638 of the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act declared that it is the policy of the United States that AI should not compromise the integrity of nuclear safeguards. A human must be kept \u201cin the loop\u201d for all nuclear launch decisions. AI should never launch a nuclear weapon by itself. Since the United States follows this basic principle, so should the PRC.\n\nYour direct engagement on this matter is critical to ensuring AI doesn\u2019t accidentally or intentionally cause a preventable nuclear disaster. Thank you for your consideration.\n\nSincerely,", 1, "2026-09-17T09:52:05Z", "2026-09-17T09:53:00Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-lieu-and-sen-markey-urge-trump-get-china-commit-ensuring-artificial"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0821160394698381, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}