With Ted Cruz poised to take over Commerce committee, tech oversight could see dramatic change

“Cruz, for the most part, has been a very strong free market advocate on a lot of different policy issues, and in particular on AI has been one of the most forceful voices in Congress in favor of a more light-touch, pro-freedom approach to artificial intelligence,” said Adam Thierer, a resident senior fellow at the conservative R Street Institute…

Some hope that Cruz would use his oversight position to fight back against the potential abuse of these government agencies by the Trump administration.

“I would find it hard to believe that Senator Cruz would go along with those sorts of efforts to expand the powers of the administrative state to get back at certain companies or perceived enemies,” Thierer said.