Leadership Conference Letter for the Record Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on AI

Center for Civil Rights and Technology Resources 09.18.25

September 18, 2025

The Honorable Darrell Issa
Chair
Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

The Honorable Hank Johnson
Ranking Member
Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Chair Issa and Ranking Member Johnson,

On behalf of The Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology, we thank you for the opportunity to submit our views regarding the potential preemption of states’ efforts to implement artificial intelligence (AI) safeguards. We ask for this letter to be entered into the record of the The Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet hearing titled “AI at a Crossroads: A Nationwide Strategy or Californication?”

A fully copy of the letter is available here.