The greatest responsibility of our federal government is to protect the welfare of the people who call this country home. As a member of Congress, Carleigh will fight to make sure that no president — Democrat or Republican — can drag the United States into needless wars based on lies or their own capricious arrogance, and she will never relent in her commitment to securing our country and the world from the threats posed by the weaponization of emerging technologies and the continued risk of nuclear war.

End the War in Iran

The timing of Trump’s attack on Iran poses unprecedented risks to global security. Days before the war began, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth canceled a Defense Department contract with the AI company Anthropic over its refusal to authorize the use of their technology to spy on Americans and direct lethal attacks. Anthropic came under scrutiny earlier this year after reports that its AI chatbot, Claude, was used during Trump’s reckless and unconstitutional invasion of Venezuela.

One of the sticking points in the negotiations was whether AI could be used to launch a retaliatory nuclear strike. Anthropic refused and Hegseth canceled the contract. Within hours, Anthropic’s rival, OpenAI reached a deal with the Pentagon. It’s a profitable deal for OpenAI and its shareholders, and a disturbing development for anyone who cares about peace and the future of humanity.

Congress must immediately pass legislation limiting Trump’s ability to take further military action against Iran. That is just the beginning of the work that must be accomplished with all deliberate speed. Congress must also pass legislation limiting national security agencies from using AI technology to launch lethal strikes, and prohibit the Pentagon from any use of AI in its nuclear weapons program.

Support Ukrainian Freedom

Russiaʼs invasion of Ukraine was unjustifiable when it began in 2014, unjustifiable when it went full-scale in February 2022, and unjustifiable today. Nearly 56,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed or wounded. Nearly six million Ukrainians are refugees. Another 3.7 million are displaced inside their own country, and close to eleven million need humanitarian assistance to survive this year. Military losses on both sides run into the hundreds of thousands.

Carleigh supports continued American and European support for Ukraineʼs defense and for the civilians Russia is bombing. She also supports the hard, unglamorous diplomacy required to end this war on terms that ensure the freedom of Ukraine and Ukrainian people.

Pull Us Back-from-the-Brink

Carleigh has spent her career studying the consequences of U.S. military action and has lived in communities still scarred by nuclear testing. She will fight to constrain any president’s ability to drag the country into needless wars, champion back-from-the-brink legislation so no single person has unilateral authority to launch nuclear weapons, and demand that Congress meet its constitutional responsibility to authorize the use of military force.