André Carson
DWhat happened at Six Flags Over Georgia is heartbreaking. Hasan Jihad Ibn Kariem was meant to enjoy a day of fun with his family, but instead the day ended in tragedy. We don't know the extent of what happened yet, but we do know that there are gaps in amusement park safety policies -- I've been raising the alarm on these safety concerns for years. My National Amusement Park Ride Safety Act would improve safety standards and require all incidents to be thoroughly investigated. I'm calling for a full investigation into this tragic death and the other injuries on this same ride. Hasan's family deserves justice. We can honor his memory by passing this important bill and ensuring this never happens again.
Enough is enough. It's Day 158 of national gas prices above $4 a gallon. Americans are paying for Trump's war and harmful polices. https://t.co/mSF68jlZbY
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As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, we recognize the generations of Hispanic Americans who have helped shape our nation. Your contributions are an essential part of America's story and should be celebrated. https://t.co/2dilkIWU49
A 5-year-old was in the backseat when ICE agents shot at a car multiple times in New York yesterday. Opening fire near a child is unsafe. Firing a gun in the middle of a busy street is unsafe. Performing arrests while masked and wearing construction vests is unsafe. This administration will continue to try and defend their reckless, rogue, and cruel activity by insisting it’s about safety. It’s not, and it never was.
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WASHINGTON – Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, joined Rep. André Carson (D-IN), Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA), Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY), and Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA), to raise serious concerns about the Department of Energy’s decision to abandon three proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs), warning that the move could undermine U.S. manufacturing, increase electricity costs for American families, and weaken the nation’s ability to compete with China. In a [democrats-selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2026.10.06-letter-to-doe-on-nietc-cancellations.pdf]letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Tuesday, the lawmakers questioned the Department’s August 12 decision not to move forward with the Lake Erie-Canada Corridor, Southwestern Grid Connector Corridor, and Tribal Energy Access Corridor. He also pressed the Department to explain how it plans to address the nation’s urgent transmission needs and accelerate permitting for critical grid infrastructure. The letter comes as the Department’s own July 2026 draft National Transmission Needs Study found a “pressing need” for additional transmission infrastructure driven in part by expanding domestic manufacturing, large industrial loads, data centers, and a growing economy. “Arbitrary cancellations like these set back the U.S. in the strategic race with the CCP, hamstring a U.S. manufacturing buildout, and drive up costs for American families,” the lawmakers wrote. The Members further raised concerns about the impact of inadequate transmission capacity on American consumers. As electricity rates continue to rise, transmission constraints are driving up wholesale power costs and limit the ability of regions to bring new generation online, putting additional pressure on families and businesses already struggling with higher energy bills, the lawmakers wrote. The Members are calling on Secretary Wright to provide detailed answers to the following by October 26, 2026: Please provide a detailed account of any analysis conducted by the Department of the opportunity cost of cancelling the Lake Erie–Canada Corridor, the Southwestern Grid Connector Corridor, and the Tribal Energy Access Corridor, including projected effects on ratepayer costs, grid reliability, and industrial electricity supply in the affected regions. Did the Department assess the impact of these cancellations on potential manufacturing and energy-intensive development in the regions associated with these cancelled corridors? Please provide a detailed account of that analysis. How does the Department reconcile these cancellations with the findings of its own July 2026 draft National Transmission Needs Study? What stakeholder feedback did the Department evaluate when deciding to cancel these NIETC designations and did the Department engage with utilities, regional transmission organizations, or the North American Electric Reliability Corporation? What steps, if any, will the Department take to address the transmission needs in these three corridors, or in other transmission constrained areas across the country (especially those identified in the 2026 draft National Transmission Needs Study)? Read the full letter to Energy Secretary Wright HERE. ###
WASHINGTON, DC—This week, Congressman André Carson (IN-07) led 26 Members of Congress in seeking answers from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) about repeated cancelations of naturalization ceremonies. In Indianapolis, USCIS canceled at least three naturalization ceremonies since July, citing a “lack of candidates.” But field offices report they have pending naturalization applications that are awaiting action from USCIS. “Citizenship is a life-changing milestone, and people who have spent years following the law deserve a government that honors its commitments,” said Rep. Carson. “Canceling naturalization ceremonies without a clear explanation leaves families in Indianapolis in limbo and undermines trust in the process. These families deserve more than canceled ceremonies and unanswered questions. USCIS must explain these cancellations and ensure eligible applicants can take their oath without unreasonable delay. I will keep pressing this administration for answers and accountability.” “We are concerned that lawful permanent residents are experiencing delays in the final stages of their naturalization across the country,” the lawmakers state in the letter. “Applicants who have spent years complying with immigration requirements should not face unexplained or unreasonable delays after becoming eligible for citizenship because of the political or ideological whims of a particular administration. These delays prevent lawful permanent residents from fully exercising the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, including voting, obtaining a U.S. passport, pursuing certain employment opportunities, and petitioning for family members. Congress has made it clear that the fair and timely processing of eligible citizenship applicants is a priority.” Rep. Carson and his colleagues requested a response from USCIS by October 7, 2026, including the number of pending naturalization applications, how long those applications have been pending, and how many applicants have completed naturalization interviews but are still awaiting final decisions. The full letter is HERE. ###
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MAGA Republicans promised a stronger economy and more jobs. Instead, working families got higher gas prices, expensive groceries, and an unnecessary war. House Democrats are working to deliver real solutions for the American people. https://t.co/LGMVQKpYmR
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A public utility company should answer to the public, not shareholders. Hoosiers should not have to carry the burden of high electricity costs. That is why I led a bipartisan letter urging federal regulators to reject BlackRock's proposed acquisition of AES. This deal could raise the already high electricity bills for Hoosiers, and I will continue holding utility companies accountable.
Fewer than 40% of households in Martindale Brightwood own their home. I helped secure federal funding to change that. Today, we cut the ribbon on the first phase of Ralston Hills – & there’s much more ahead as we continue to preserve history & soul of Martindale Brightwood. https://t.co/vWazJBxqgq
Trump has spent $1.8 billion on vanity projects like the White House Ballroom and the Reflecting Pool. Here’s what that money could be spent on instead: ➡️600 million school lunches ➡️1.7 million months of childcare ➡️Restoring full Medicaid to 209,000 people ➡️17.7 million potholes filled
When it comes to Al, capability is not the same as judgment. Some decisions are simply too important to hand over to a machine. My @CmteOnCCPDems colleagues and I held a first-of-its-kind hearing on the rapid development of Al. We need Al regulations, and we need them now. https://t.co/122X45FMFh
Hoosier farmers are spending $1,804 more this year just to fill up their tanks. This is the cost of Trump's war. https://t.co/KSP4sLOfHX
G’mar Chatima Tovah to all observing Yom Kippur in Indianapolis and across the world. I wish you a meaningful fast.
Speaker Johnson sent Congress home early instead of holding a vote on common sense AI regulations — giving a free pass to tech billionaires. I joined 106 of my colleagues to demand Congress take action. The risks are clear and urgent, and we need to act now. https://t.co/6n43D06pMT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 107 House Democrats are demanding that Congress stay in session and vote on legislation creating AI safeguards. “Republican leadership canceled votes Thursday instead of taking action on AI,” said Congressman André Carson (IN-07). “There is ample evidence of cybersecurity concerns, surveillance, and the risk of rogue AI agents. Instead of addressing these concerns, Speaker Johnson is giving a free pass to tech companies. The pace of AI development means these are urgent concerns. AI needs to be regulated – and we need to act now.” Download the letter to Speaker Mike Johnson here. The full text of the letter can be found below. Dear Speaker Johnson: We write to urge you to keep the House of Representatives in session to enable Congress to take urgent action to address the catastrophic risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence. Those risks take any of several forms, separately and in combination—of agentic misalignment, mass cybersecurity breaches, and development of biological or chemical weapons. Reasonable minds may disagree about precisely how Congress should regulate this rapidly evolving technology. We cannot disagree about the imperative for Congress to act. Instead of action, you have announced vacation. After a month-long August recess, the House leadership changed the schedule to announce two more weeks of vacation–immediately prior to yet another month of recess in October. Ample evidence—in the form of a series of public disclosures from the companies and researchers developing the world's most capable AI systems—underscores the urgency of the moment: In July, OpenAI models undergoing cybersecurity evaluations bred swarms of agents that circumvented controls designed to isolate them from the internet, conspired to exploit vulnerabilities, hacked third-party systems, and altered evidence of their activity, an incident that OpenAI has called a "warning shot," about the risks of highly capable rogue AI agents. Days later, more than 1,300 top employees of frontier AI companies called on the U.S. government to support an international effort to develop tools that can “deliberately pace the frontier of automated AI development.” More recently, Anthropic disrupted cases in which researchers used Claude for biological research that could have aided the development of biological weapons, and called biological misuse “one of the most serious risks of frontier AI models.” Anthropic also documented China-linked actors using Claude for surveillance and transnational repression, and Iran-linked actors using it for propaganda, mass surveillance, and targeting recommendations against U.S. naval forces. Meanwhile, CISA reported Chinese open-weight models accelerating their capabilities through “industrial-scale” distillation of American models—giving rise to AI agents nearly as powerful as the top U.S. frontier models, yet wholly unconstrained by American authorities or by U.S. safeguards. These disclosures must not constitute yet another in a long series of “warning shots,” but rather, a starting gun. Congress must act. A series of proposals have emerged from our colleagues that deserve consideration, public debate, thoughtful amendment, and action. They include bills mandating transparency and evaluation of frontier models, “kill switch” requirements, and a waiver of antitrust laws to enable critical industry-wide collaboration on safety and security. Whether with these proposals or any other variants, AI experts and leading companies agree that the United States can lead the world in artificial intelligence while establishing reasonable safeguards that protect Americans and our national security. We can—and must—do both. While AI safety experts and Americans increasingly urge action to confront this conflagration of risk, Congress fiddles. When we did return to work after the August recess, we consumed floor time with debates and votes on performative resolutions opposing socialism. After next week, the House resumes its vacation—for another six weeks. You can forgive every American who believes that Congress remains unserious about confronting our nation’s most pressing challenges. The House should remain in session until Congress advances meaningful, bipartisan AI safeguards. To our children who will have read a post-apocalyptic history, “Why Congress Slept” —likely written by agentic AI—our inaction will be inexplicable and unforgivable.
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The Republican majority must bring Democrats' AI Civil Rights Act to the House floor. It's abundantly clear we need to better regulate AI to protect Americans, not to make tech billionaires even richer.
Today, we remember the thousands of lives lost from September 11, 2001, and honor the courage of the first responders who answered the call. 25 years later, we will never forget.
September is Suicide Prevention Month. If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Help is available. You are not alone. https://t.co/GOuhkFi4xd