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Overview

Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-N.Y.) chairs the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee. Key congressional voice on AI cybersecurity policy following claude-mythos briefings.

Recent Developments

  • 2026-06-28: After closed-door anthropic Mythos demo, told Punchbowl News “it’s scary” — model instructed to find banking flaw and empty accounts, then patch it (2026-06-28-garbarino-mythos-punchbowl-primary)
  • Called for federal agencies to access frontier models pre-release
  • Backed great-american-ai-act discussion draft from jay-obernolte and lori-trahan
  • Praised Trump AI cyber executive order (June 2026)
  • Admitted “95% of my colleagues don’t understand what the hell’s going on” re AI capabilities

Fed emergency banking meetings and Bank of England FSB claims in secondary sources — not independently verified in primary congressional reporting.

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