Chuck Schumer

US Senator from New York and Senate Democratic leader who, as Majority Leader, launched the SAFE Innovation Framework and the bipartisan AI roadmap, warning of job loss, weaponisation and the risk of being unable to manage AI at all.

Roles

3 Jan 1981 – 3 Jan 1999Member, U.S. House of Representatives (New York), United States House of RepresentativesSource →
3 Jan 1999 – presentUnited States Senator from New York, United States SenateRe-elected in 2022; current term runs to January 2029.Source →
3 Jan 2017 – 20 Jan 2021Senate Minority Leader, United States SenateSource →
20 Jan 2021 – 3 Jan 2025Senate Majority Leader, United States SenateConvened the nine AI Insight Forums (2023) and the bipartisan Senate AI working group whose roadmap was released 15 May 2024.Source →
3 Jan 2025 – presentSenate Minority Leader, United States SenateSource →

On the record

14 Dec 2025 · Statement · Senate Democratic Leadership
What we are seeing more and more of is that companies like Instacart are using artificial intelligence to rip off consumers by charging different shoppers different prices for the same exact items
Senate Minority Leader, United States Senate at the time
As Minority Leader, urging the FTC to act on AI-driven personalised pricing; no verified 2026 Schumer statement on the federal preemption fight was found.
Leader Schumer Sounds Alarm On Instacart's Use Of AI To Price Gouge Customers →
15 May 2024 · Speech · United States Senate floor
Last year, Congress faced a momentous choice: either watch from the sidelines as artificial intelligence reshaped our world, or make a novel, bipartisan effort to enhance but also regulate this technology before it was too late.
Senate Majority Leader, United States Senate at the time
On the release of "Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence", which recommended $32 billion a year in non-defense AI funding and left legislation to the committees.
Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Release Of The Roadmap For AI Policy By The Senate Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group →
30 Oct 2023 · Statement · Senate Democratic Leadership
All executive orders are limited in what they can do, so it is now on Congress to augment, expand, and cement this massive start with legislation. … We cannot afford to wait.
Senate Majority Leader, United States Senate at the time
On the day Biden signed Executive Order 14110.
Majority Leader Schumer Statement On President Biden's Artificial Intelligence Executive Order →
6 Sept 2023 · Speech · United States Senate floor
Legislating on AI is certainly not going to be easy. In fact, it will be one of the most difficult things we’ve ever undertaken, but we cannot behave like ostriches sticking our heads in the sand when it comes to AI.
Senate Majority Leader, United States Senate at the time
A week before the first AI Insight Forum on 13 September 2023.
Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Senate's Inaugural AI Insight Forum →
21 Jun 2023 · Speech · Center for Strategic and International Studies
But there are real dangers too: job displacement, misinformation, a new age of weaponry, and the risk of being unable to manage this technology altogether.
Senate Majority Leader, United States Senate at the time
Launch of the SAFE Innovation Framework (Security, Accountability, Foundations, Explainability); remarks as prepared for delivery.
Majority Leader Schumer Delivers Remarks To Launch SAFE Innovation Framework For Artificial Intelligence At CSIS →