{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-coons-bipartisan-resolution-on-religious-freedom-and-transparency-in-artificial-intelligence-passes-senate/", "Lankford, Coons Bipartisan Resolution on Religious Freedom and Transparency in Artificial Intelligence Passes Senate", "2026-09-24", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "OK", "James Lankford", "L000575", "www.lankford.senate.gov", "lankford", "https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "page_html", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 US Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Chris Coons (D-DE) today announced that their bipartisan Senate resolution affirming the importance of religious freedom and calling on developers of artificial intelligence (AI) systems to adopt clear standards for transparency and fair treatment of religious viewpoints passed the Senate unanimously last night.\n\n\u201cReligious freedom is the first freedom in our Constitution. It protects the right of every person to have a faith, live their faith, change their faith, or have no faith at all,\u201d said Lankford. \u201cAI is a system that researches ideas, opinions, and facts, but it is not the final word on faith. On issues of faith, AI systems should send users to the sacred texts and to the faith leaders who have walked with people through joy and grief for generations.\u201d\n\n\u201cOne\u2019s choice of faith \u2013 or whether or not to believe at all \u2013 is one of the most intensely personal decisions anyone can make, and Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence when looking for answers to life\u2019s big questions,\u201d said Coons. \u201cAI users should be given the full breadth and depth of answers humanity has to offer without preference to creed or spirituality. That\u2019s what\u2019s right and what\u2019s consistent with our nation\u2019s values.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nThe resolution affirms religious freedom as a bedrock constitutional liberty, recognizes that bias or discrimination against any religious group harms a free and just society, and calls on organizations that design, develop, or operate AI systems to adopt clear and consistently applied standards that uphold religious freedom and transparency.\n\nThe resolution:\n\nAffirms the importance of religious freedom as a bedrock and central constitutional liberty for every person.\n\nRecognizes that bias or discrimination against any religious group, person of faith, person who changes their faith, or person who has no faith at all is harmful to a free and just society.\n\nEncourages all organizations that design, develop, or operate AI systems to adopt clear and consistently applied standards that uphold universal principles of religious freedom and transparency.\n\nSupports the development and deployment of AI systems that provide responses to religious questions that are thorough and fairly representative of relevant beliefs, texts, traditions, and perspectives.\n\nCommends the American people to consult primary sources and religious leaders when seeking to understand religious beliefs and traditions, including sacred texts and other authoritative writings of those traditions.\n\nYou can download the full resolution text HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-25T10:04:52Z", "2026-09-25T10:05:46Z"]], "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://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/lankford-coons-bipartisan-resolution-on-religious-freedom-and-transparency-in-artificial-intelligence-passes-senate/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8854595944285393, "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"}