Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford

Export Control and Compute Governance

Government control or restriction of advanced AI capabilities through trade, export, or compute access.

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence chair; joined bipartisan effort to stop AI chip smuggling to China; stated 'the global AI race against China is moving much faster than many think' and 'Export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and AI chips have strengthened America’s advantage in the AI Arms Race'

Source: Statement — intelligence.house.gov · +2 more

Military and National Security Uses of AI

Positions on the use of AI in military, intelligence, or national security contexts.

Sponsored FY26 Intelligence Authorization Act which encourages development of AI for US intelligence community

Source: Legislation — congress.gov

Deepfakes and AI Fraud

Views on AI-generated misinformation, scam prevention, fraud targeting vulnerable populations, and synthetic media disclosure requirements.

Voiced national security concerns on deepfakes manipulating comments from world leaders

Source: Statement — crawford.house.gov