Congressman Greg Casar

Representing #TX35 from East Austin to West San Antonio. Chair of @USProgressives. Labor organizer. Lover of migas and long runs, just not at the same time.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Thank you, veterans.

Our country can never forget the service and sacrifice of every American who wore the uniform.

If you need assistance getting the benefits you earned, my office is ready to help.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Nikki Budzinski and I both started our careers in the labor movement. In Congress, we’ve become colleagues and friends.

We chair caucuses with different perspectives, but I’m looking forward to working with her to deliver for working families.

[New Democrat Coalition (NDC) @NewDemCoalition]

Honored to announce @RepNikkiB as the next chair of the New Democrat Coalition for the 120th Congress!

She will lead the largest class of New Dems in the history of our caucus and bring forward real solutions to lower costs and deliver results for working people.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Impeach Pete Hegseth.

[Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @RepYassAnsari]

I am a HELL YES on impeaching Pete Hegseth.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

APPLY NOW: Want to join our Austin team as an intern this spring? 🌸

December 1st is the application deadline! View the full descriptions and apply now at https://t.co/IM3ezkkJ1q.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

The corrupt and far-right Supreme Court just gave Trump the OK to rip up Big Bend with a border wall.

No one will be safer or freer. It’s just going to destroy the nature and wildlife that we love at Big Bend.

Democrats, Republicans, Texans of all backgrounds all agree: leave Big Bend alone.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to continue construction of a wall along the southern border in Texas, including within Big Bend National Park. https://t.co/L8NK5DpIfJ

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

This weekend I had the honor of introducing the largest ever class of new members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

They are as diverse as America, but we are united in an unbreakable commitment to shake up Washington DC, root out corruption, and stand up for working people.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Proud to stand alongside the incoming members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

LIVE: CPC New Member Press Conference https://t.co/gfvvDN6cgs

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

LIVE: CPC New Member Press Conference https://t.co/gfvvDN6cgs

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Casar: “Progressives are going to be the deliver caucus”

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Affordability.

Ending the war.

Taking on billionaires and big corporations.

Progressives are going to make sure Democrats can deliver on the promises everyone ran on.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Ban RSI.

[Alex Bores @AlexBores]

Every AI company is trying to fully automate AI research; to allow the AIs to build the next AI.

This is called Recursive Self Improvement (RSI).

OpenAI says they are on track to do so by March 2028.

Anthropic employees say they are on track to do so by 2027.

The METR report below suggests they are likely right.

This is a bad idea given current technology. Any mistake or misalignment in current AIs could be multiplied in each generation.

We don't get another election before AI companies reach this threshold.

Congress should ban RSI, this year if possible.

This is a remarkably consensus opinion, supported in various versions by:
-Bernie Sanders
-Steve Bannon
-Ralph Nader
-Glenn Beck
-Republican and Democratic attorneys general
-Whistleblower Daniel Kokotajlo
-Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio
-Humans First
-Open Markets Institute
-Ezra Klein
-Arvind Narayanan (a Princeton computer scientist known for arguing that “AI is a normal technology”)

The exact mechanism can be debated. The ban doesn't have to be permanent either (see below for both). This is not the only thing we have to do in regards to AI, far from it! But it is urgent.

Congress must ban RSI.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Trump just promoted the man responsible for ICE shooting people on the streets.

We will fight Trump and Miller's dangerous, out of control policies at every turn.

https://t.co/UZMeowzPAi

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

Trump announces Stephen Miller will be his new White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Elon Musk spent hundreds of millions of his own dollars in the midterm elections for Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton. It backfired on him.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Our majority next Congress is over 100 weeks long — every week we should be passing bills that lower costs and put money back in people’s pockets.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Yes!

[Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari @RepYassAnsari]

Top of the Democratic agenda on day 1 needs to be a pause on advanced AI development, regulation of this out of control industry, and a ban on artificial superintelligence.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Gina Hinojosa is going to transform millions of Texans’ lives for the better.

The folks working double shifts without healthcare. The students facing school closures. The families scared they could be torn to shreds by ICE.

For too long, all they’ve experienced from state government is higher bills and endless corruption. In January, they get a governor on their side.

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Abolish the filibuster.

[The Hill @thehill]

#BREAKING: Democrats win Senate majority
https://t.co/e1tGQhB04T

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

Parents asked Google for more control over AI in their kids’ schools. Now Google says that if a school turns off its AI, students lose Google search too. In other words, a monopoly wants to bully schools into using its products.

Google will be hearing from me, demanding answers.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Google is now threatening America's schools, saying they will turn off their core search functions if schools choose to entirely block AI.

https://t.co/wFKBzBE0oK

[Progressive Caucus @USProgressives]

It's time to bring down the sky-high gas prices caused by Trump’s reckless Iran war.

Progressives have a plan: tax the record profits that Big Oil is making, and put money back in people's pockets. @RepCasar

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

NEW - Rep. @GregCasar wants Dems to think big post midterms (or even do reconciliation bills if they take the Senate)

If Trump vetoes Dem bills? “then exactly the platform upon which we beat JD Vance or whoever else in 2028.”

https://t.co/AttBYI7cSB