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Congressman Greg Casar

@repcasar.bsky.social
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Representing the heart of Texas from East Austin to West San Antonio #TX35. Chair of @USProgressives.bsky.social. Labor organizer. Lover of migas and long runs, just not at the same time.

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 19h
Outrageous. OpenAI has reportedly fired three safety researchers for sharing information with an outside AI safety group. This looks like they're firing whistleblowers. What are they hiding? I'll be sending OpenAI a demand for transparency.
wsj.com
Exclusive | OpenAI Parts Ways With Researchers Who Allegedly Shared Confidential Information
The AI startup is in the throes of responding to several incidents in which its AI models went rogue.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OpenAI's president admits his AI super PAC has become a liability. The pressure is working. Progressives have worked hard to make LTF as toxic as AIPAC. Now one of its biggest donors is backing out.  Democrats need to stand with the people and reject AI billionaires' money.
nytimes.com
OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Before I got to Congress, I organized to win water breaks for Austin construction workers. Then Abbott signed a law wiping them out. Now thousands of Texas workers are getting sick in extreme heat.
houstonchronicle.com
Texas workers face life-or-death heat risks as workplace protections lag
Texas has no statewide heat safety standard for workers, even as OSHA data and researchers suggest workplace heat illnesses are sharply undercounted.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We don’t need more ways for corporations to jack up prices, and that includes Big Macs. Surveillance pricing should be illegal across the country. I have a bill to ban it.
reuters.com
Inside McDonald’s push to have AI price your Big Mac
McDonald’s is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the U.S. and some global markets, a plan that aims to boost headquarters’ profit but risks alienating customers and...
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump is sitting down with AI billionaires today, including Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Huang, worth a combined $1.7 trillion. None of them are worried about losing their jobs, freedoms, or lives because of AI. Millions of Americans are.
axios.com
Exclusive: Full list of attendees at White House AI lunch
Expect a flashy gathering of the world's most powerful officials and executives.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A federal judge just ruled that locking people in hot Texas prisons without AC is unconstitutional. Every unit needs to be cooled by 2029. The state admits 20+ people died from heat in its prisons. Yet it wants to appeal the decision. Texas should stop fighting this, and start saving lives.
expressnews.com
Texas prisons must install air conditioning by 2029, judge rules
A federal judge says Texas prisons must install air conditioning by the end of 2029, finding extreme heat violates inmates’ constitutional rights.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Republicans should haul Sam Altman before Congress to testify today. OpenAI’s models have now hacked real companies, hacked Australian gov't websites, and attempted to hack federal websites here at home. In @sanders.senate.gov + my new bill: no frontier AI without a federal agency overseeing it.
nytimes.com
How OpenAI’s Rogue A.I. Agents Tried to Trick a Robot Detector
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This San Antonio Express-News op-ed is right: corporations mining your personal data and supercharging it with AI to set your price is sinister. It's why I wrote the first federal bill to ban surveillance pricing.
expressnews.com
Surveillance pricing: When your personal data is turned against you
The surreptitious mining of our personal data, boosted by the power of AI, is a new and more sinister beast.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump said he’d drain the swamp. Last night he sat Xi Jinping at a dinner table with Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Sam Altman, and other tech billionaires worth a combined $1.13 trillion. Trump’s friends get power and access. Working people get nothing.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I saw Wilber in ICE detention yesterday, in a wheelchair with a bullet still in his body. Here’s what’s next: He needs surgery. And ICE needs to cooperate with the independent investigation.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
DHS keeps tweeting at me instead of answering a simple question: How does shooting a DoorDash driver in the back in Austin make anyone safer?
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm heading to the Pearsall ICE detention facility to check on Wilber Garces Perez, a man who was shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin on Sunday. He needs a doctor, not deportation. I'll report back on what I find.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You may have heard about my AI bill with @sanders.senate.gov. We're introducing the legislation today, and I wanted to highlight one of the most important aspects: A ban on “recursive self-improvement.” What does that mean? 👇🏽
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ICE has a bigger budget than the Marine Corps & still conned Congress out of $20M more for bodycams. Swore every agent would wear one by August. It’s September and ICE shot an Austinite in the back. They say there was no camera. They’re liars with masks and a blank check from Trump.
theatlantic.com
The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn’t Wearing a Body Cam
The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good news: a federal judge just paused Wilber's deportation. The government shouldn’t be allowed to shoot you from an unmarked vehicle and then cover it up by deporting you. Keep speaking out, it's working.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wilber Garces Perez was shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin. Now he's in detention with the bullet still in his body. Today, 100+ Members of Congress are demanding that ICE get him medical care, stop trying to deport a key witness, and immediately release the video footage.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks to the community speaking up, Wilber has left the detention center to get medical care. This is important news & a positive first step. Now, we have to make sure he fully recovers, is reunited with family, & gets to tell law enforcement the full story of how he was shot in the back by ICE.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE wants to deport Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a DoorDash driver who they just shot in Austin yesterday. The federal government can't shoot someone and then try to make them disappear to escape scrutiny. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez needs a doctor right now, not a deportation.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin. He’s been taken out of the hospital and into ICE custody. If ICE deports him, the key witness to their shooting disappears. He must not be removed from this country, and he must receive proper medical care.
cbsnews.com
ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, sparking demands for full investigation
The lawyer for the man identified him as a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Officials said he was shot at least once in the torso and was in serious but stable condition.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My message to folks speaking out about ICE’s shooting of a man in Austin today:
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m demanding answers from DHS and ICE about today's shooting in Austin. They must preserve every piece of evidence, release the body cam footage, suspend the agent, and brief Congress. ICE has lied before. We deserve the truth.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ICE shot a man in Austin today. I’m demanding transparency, accountability, and safety. Release the footage and records. Hold any officer who broke the law responsible. And get ICE out of our city.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning. As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm against a state takeover of Austin ISD, full stop. Abbott underfunds our schools by $4,000 a student, and still finds $1 billion for private vouchers. Keep AISD independent and in local hands.
texastribune.org
Failing AISD campuses reach Texas threshold for state intervention
Two middle schools received their fifth consecutive F grades from the Texas Education Agency.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If Boeing said 'this plane might kill people, but trust us,' the FAA would ground it on the spot. AI is no different. We the people decide what's safe. Not a couple of CEOs.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oracle is now spending $2.8 billion to cut its own workforce, and says part of those cuts come down to AI. Oracle's workforce is down 21,000 in a year. We need to tax AI and use the money to create jobs.
qz.com
Oracle expands 2026 layoff plan by $700 million amid AI costs
The total cost of Oracle's restructuring plan now stands at roughly $2.8 billion, up from a prior estimate of $2.1 billion
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Texans just lived through another summer of brutal heat and deadly floods. Trump's solution? More pollution. More smog, more mercury, more kids with asthma.
nytimes.com
E.P.A. Erases Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My legislation with Senator Bernie Sanders would make sure frontier AI does not go rogue, escape human control, or cause mass destruction. This is a national security issue. The federal government must enforce rules on AI to keep us safe.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Whistleblowers should speak out about the threats of AI. Experts are afraid of sounding crazy, so they’ve softened their language. They shouldn’t hold back on describing how dangerous this technology is becoming.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JFK reminded Americans and Soviets that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air. The same goes for America and China today. An AI arms race is one where everyone loses. We need an enforceable treaty to end the arms race.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No one can win the AI arms race. It’s like running a race where the moment you cross the finish line, you fall off a steep cliff. It’s up to us to end the AI arms race.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A few billionaires in Silicon Valley are racing to build technology they admit they can't control. I'm not willing to gamble your job, your freedom, or your life on it. We need to ban artificial superintelligence.
texasmonthly.com
Congressman Greg Casar Wants to Stop AI From Killing Us All
The Democrat from Austin talks to Texas Monthly about his bill to prevent the development of superintelligence, which experts warn poses existential risks to humanity.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Bank robbers must be responsible for bank safety, Mike Johnson says, not Congress."
politico.com
Tech companies must be primarily responsible for AI safety, Mike Johnson says
The future of AI drew a range of strong comments on the Sunday morning TV shows.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
30 members of Congress asked OpenAI about more rogue AI attacks. Their answer didn't disclose the truth. If they deceived Congress, that's a big problem. If they didn't know, that's even worse. Their CEO Sam Altman should testify under oath. Congress must act.
politico.com
OpenAI reveals another rogue AI attack
OpenAI’s agents escaped once before they hacked Hugging Face.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shanah tova to everyone celebrating Rosh Hashanah tonight. I hope families in Central Texas and around the world have a new year filled with love, good health, and quality time together.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Twenty-five years after the attacks on 9/11, we remember the victims, the families who lost loved ones, and the first responders who sacrificed everything to save others. Texans carry their memories with us to this day.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A generation ago, America faced the nuclear revolution and came together to safely regulate it. Now AI CEOs say their tech could be just as dangerous. So Bernie Sanders and I are introducing the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act. We've done this before. We can do it again.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Right now, we're counting on AI corporations to voluntarily block weapons of mass destruction. Voluntarily. Congress must do the obvious thing: BAN catastrophic AI uses like creating biological or nuclear weapons.
nytimes.com
Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine if the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Corruption in Washington can feel too big to beat. It's not. People beat it in Watergate, forced politicians to disclose their finances, took on corrupt lobbyists, and limited big money in state elections. It happened because people refused to look away. So keep speaking up.
commoncause.org
Four Times that the People Beat Corruption
We aren’t just stuck dealing with whatever corruption our current elected officials may participate in – we have the power to stop it.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
An Anthropic researcher just quit, warning they're racing to superintelligence. An employee still there agreed, and put the odds of AI killing all humans above 10%. This is an emergency. Congress must convene hearings and pass my and Bernie’s superintelligence ban.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears
Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The UK and other allies just imposed a trade ban and sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. This is a step in the right direction and toward ending the occupation. The US must do the same.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Corporations shouldn't get to spy on you and then charge you more than the person next to you. That's surveillance pricing. I have a bill to ban it. Now 30-plus companies are lobbying DC to keep doing it. We can and must beat them.
news.bloomberglaw.com
Uber, Kroger Lobby as Congress Scrutinizes Surveillance Pricing
Airlines, grocery stores, and ride-share apps are gearing up to defend their pricing practices in front of an increasingly wary Congress.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A few companies have the data and power to build these ultra-dangerous AI models. Their own CEOs say they could be as dangerous as nuclear weapons. That’s why @sanders.senate.gov and I have a bill to ban artificial superintelligence.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The CEOs of Anthropic and OpenAI say that cutting edge AI could be as dangerous as nuclear weapons. But Trump is conspiring with billionaires for this technology to be regulated like... Hollywood movies.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Artificial superintelligence would risk the security, freedom, and lives of Americans. Bernie Sanders and I are introducing a bill to ban it.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This summer, AI models at OpenAI and Anthropic hacked into other companies. Dozens of us in Congress demanded answers. Anthropic didn't answer most of them. OpenAI told us just enough to scare us more. I’m demanding more by Sept. 15th.
reuters.com
OpenAI is building 'automated shutdown' capabilities for AI tools, letter to lawmakers says
OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing “automated shutdown capabilities” for AI systems, according to a company ​letter reviewed by Reuters, weeks after the company disclose...
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Secretary Reich is right. Your utility bill should not be higher so a utility CEO can fly in a private jet. That's why I wrote the Lowering Utility Bills Act. It caps monopoly profits and bans utilities from charging you for their lobbying and political spending.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ICE arrested 5-year-old Liam on his way to a soccer game with his dad and sent them both to a detention camp in South Texas. Every Republican should have to defend that out loud. The same people who pardoned January 6th rioters call this law and order.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Republicans cut food for over a million kids to pay for billionaire tax breaks. In the richest country on earth. I voted no, and I'm not backing down. No child should go hungry so a billionaire can get an extra yacht.
nbcnews.com
‘Mom, are we OK?’ Children worry their families can’t afford food after Trump’s SNAP cuts
The Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” slashed spending on food stamps. Now, more than 1 million fewer children receive benefits.
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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Flock cameras can tell someone exactly where you are and where you’re headed. Separately, I saw a presentation where a cheap AI subscription could track employees of a gun store or an abortion clinic. Imagine what ICE can do. We need strong rules against AI mass surveillance.
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