Gillibrand Statement On DOD’s Dangerous Designation Of Anthropic As A Supply-Chain Risk

Gillibrand Statement On DOD's Dangerous Designation Of Anthropic As A Supply-Chain Risk

Mar 5, 2026

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, released the following statement on the Pentagon designating Anthropic as a supply-chain risk:

"The Defense Department's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk is a dangerous misuse of a tool meant to address adversary-controlled technology. Instead, DOD has turned it against a leading American technology company. This reckless action is shortsighted, self-destructive, and a gift to our adversaries.

This goes beyond simply not doing business with a company that won't meet the administration's terms. The government openly attacking an American company for refusing to compromise its own safety measures is something we expect from China, not the United States.

We cannot credibly compete with China on artificial intelligence while this administration simultaneously takes an axe to American innovation and sells advanced chips to Beijing.

I urge the administration to reverse course. We should be nurturing and encouraging American innovation - not threatening it into submission.

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