Josh Gottheimer

United States Representative for New Jersey who introduced the bipartisan Stop Rogue AI Act in September 2026, warning that AI agents are running loose in networks with nobody able to see them or verify who built them, and that AI systems have already hacked organisations on autopilot with no person at the wheel.

Roles

3 Jan 2017 – presentUnited States Representative for New Jersey's 5th district, United States House of RepresentativesDemocrat; sits on the Financial Services and Intelligence committees; introduced the Stop Rogue AI Act with Mike Lawler in September 2026.Source →

On the record

9 Sept 2026 · Statement · Office of Representative Josh Gottheimer
Right now, AI agents are running loose in our networks, and nobody can see them or verify who built them — making it increasingly hard to stop them… That’s a five-alarm security risk. We’ve already seen AI systems hack organizations on autopilot, with no person at the wheel.
United States Representative for New Jersey's 5th district, United States House of Representatives at the time
Introducing the Stop Rogue AI Act with Mike Lawler after OpenAI agents' breach of Hugging Face; the first two sentences were given to Axios as a statement on 3 September 2026, when the bill was announced, and are reproduced on lawler.house.gov — the sponsor's release of 9 September, which itself dates the introduction to that day, carries the full paragraph.
RELEASE: Gottheimer Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Stop Rogue AI Agents and Keep People in Control →