AI Commission in the House, Reaction to Chip Sales in the GOP 12/10/25

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🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-New Jersey) is co-leading his party’s congressional commission on AI, and he highlights bipartisan efforts to legislate AI and technology safety. Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton, now U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, discusses AI regulation and affordability and crime in the city. Plus, President Trump is inching closer to announcing his pick for Fed Chair and CNBC’s Emily Wilkins reports on the Republican reactions to President Trump’s plan to allow Nvidia to sell H200 chips to China. Emily Wilkins - 6:48 Jay Clayton - 18:19 Rep. Josh Gottheimer - 44:51 In this episode: Emily Wilkins, @emrwilkins Josh Gottheimer, @RepJoshG Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:06.9	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.7	Zeroing in on safety in America's largest city
0:13.0	with President Trump's hand-picked U.S. attorney
0:15.5	for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton.
0:18.5	There are housing projects in the city that have open-air drug markets.
0:22.4	We are going to target those.
0:24.1	He was SEC chairman in the first Trump term, and now Clayton is also zooming out to national
0:29.6	issues.
0:30.4	I am worried.
0:31.2	We talk about AI and things.
0:32.1	I am worried that we preserve competition in these areas.
0:35.2	Like, if we have only one AI provider, that scares the heck out of me.
0:39.3	Speaking of AI, New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer is co-leading a new commission on the latest technology.
0:46.3	It's for the Democratic agenda, but it's a priority across the aisle.
0:50.3	A lot of us, in a bipartisan way, have been working together on AI legislation,
0:53.3	whether you're talking about related to energy, you're talking about deep fakes, which of course are a huge
0:58.7	issue, child safety.
1:00.0	Plus, the President and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are closing in.
1:05.7	Oh yeah?
1:06.7	It's on the list.
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