Oren Cass

And frankly, it's embarrassing to hear this argument.

I mean, it is the same argument that companies have been making for 30 years now.

Let's get into China, we're gonna win in China, it's gonna be great.

And every single time the same thing happens.

The Chinese take the technology,

and then they push the American firms out, right?

Xi Jinping is not going to let Nvidia or any American company be at the heart of Chinese technology.

And so it's almost like, you know, it's like Charlie Brown with the football.

We've just got these companies that are, they just want to get that profit up next quarter, next year.

And they keep doing it because for them, it's not about the national interest.

And that's why we actually need public policy.

That's why we need to have leaders who are willing to say, we get that you're just trying to make a profit,

That's fine.

That's your job.

And that's why we're not going to listen to you.

Well, I think the big problem is, again, I guess I'm repeating myself just how disingenuous it is, right?

I think it's perfectly reasonable to say, look, there are things that we should have one regulation for the country.

These labs are working all over the country.

We don't want California to be deciding all the rules.

And so I think it's perfectly fine to say, look, in the way that we protect kids, in the way that we protect copyright, whatever it might be, we're going to have a federal rule.