MTG’s urgent ‘red alert’ warning over AI section in Big, Beautiful Bill exposes a MAJOR problem

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has raised a red alert over something that’s in the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) that ought not to be in it.

Greene raised the alert on Tuesday, writing in a tweet that she’d just discovered that the OBBB contains a provision barring lawmakers from regulating artificial intelligence (AI) technology for 10 years.

The only problem was that in revealing the discovery, she was forced to admit that she hadn’t fully read the bill before voting for it a week earlier.

“Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years,” she wrote. “I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there.”

Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years.

I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in… pic.twitter.com/bip3hztSGq

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) June 3, 2025

Her admission prompted lecturing from critics.

So you passed it?! This exposes the problem with these massive bills, once again, and the push to pass without them being read by “representatives”.

— David (@LeifsCuz) June 6, 2025

As for what she wrote about AI, she wasn’t wrong.

“If passed, the legislation could block states from enforcing their own AI-related laws, many of which are already in the works,” according to Charlotte station WCNC.

This is a problem because there’s currently no federal oversight of AI, meaning it’s up to states to regulate the quickly advancing technology. Meaning if states aren’t allowed to do that, there’ll be no safeguards in place to protect people from the potential dangers of AI.

The only saving grace is that states could still challenge this block even if the OBBB were to become law, according to Michael Bitzer, a political science professor at Catawba College.

“States can go into court and challenge any federal policy they disagree with,” he said. “Some states may say, ‘We want the power to oversee AI within our borders — we’re going to challenge this in federal court.’”

House Speaker Mike Johnson has, for his part, defended the OBBB and its previously unknown AI regulation block.

“I like it in its current form,” he told Politico. “I mean, I know the President supports it in its current form, so we’ll see where that goes. We have to be careful not to have 50 different states regulating AI, because it has national security implications, right?”

His point appeared to be that the feds, not the states, should be regulating AI. But that raises the question of just when exactly the federal government is going to get involved in the matter.

Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte, reportedly a leading AI expert, also echoed Johnson’s concerns.

“As you know, the reason the moratorium was included is because we’re making a $500 million investment in procuring AI to make federal government more efficient and effective,” he said. “It’s nonsensical to make that enormous investment if all those federal agencies are going to have to navigate this morass of 50 different state regulations.”

Greene nevertheless later doubled down on her complaints in a new, lengthy tweet published early Friday morning:

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The Senate needs to pull the section in the OBBB that destroys federalism for 10 YEARS to allow AI to run rampant!!!

40 state Attorney Generals wrote a letter demanding the UNPRECEDENTED federal power grab be removed from the One Big Beautiful Bill!

40 State… pic.twitter.com/kQ2d7BSvY2

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) June 6, 2025

“States must have the right to be either wide open AI friendly, recruiting AI tech companies to their states or AI shut – defending human rights, jobs, and safety from an AI and robotic takeover or somewhere in between!!!” she wrote this time.

“Americans must be allowed to choose which state they want to live in, in the future, as AI changes everything and the federal government has NO RIGHT to force every state to be compliant and the same!!!” she added.

She isn’t alone in her complaints about the AI regulation ban.

“It better be out,” Sen. Josh Hawley reportedly said after meeting with his colleagues on Wednesday. “We didn’t discuss it but it better be out.”

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