Tech in DC: SEC Chair Atkins, Speaker Johnson & Senator Warren 9/29/26
· 48 min
Episode Tech in DC: SEC Chair Atkins, Speaker Johnson & Senator Warren 9/29/26
As tech titans head to the White House for a meeting, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) discusses his expectations for the meeting, the future of AI guardrails, and the upcoming midterm elections. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is zeroing in on big tech’s tax breaks and the AI data center build out. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins responds to Anthropic’s “existential risk to humanity” in its IPO prospectus. Chair Atkins underscores his own mission to keep America’s IPO market strong.
Paul Atkins - 08:30
Speaker Mike Johnson - 20:26
Sen. Elizabeth Warren - 38:35
In this episode:
Paul Atkins, @SECPaulAtkins
Rep. Mike Johnson, @SpeakerJohnson
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, @SenWarren
Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk
Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick
Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin
Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY
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Links in the notes 10
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_HUeYrhuvM
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/29/anthropic-warns-ai-existential-risks-ipo-filing-reuters.html
- https://x.com/SECPaulSAtkins?lang=en
- https://x.com/speakerjohnson?lang=en
- https://x.com/SenWarren
- https://x.com/JoeSquawk
- https://x.com/BeckyQuick
- https://twitter.com/andrewrsorkin
- https://twitter.com/cameroncostany?lang=gu
- https://pcm.adswizz.com
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