# Johnson on AI regulation: ‘We don’t need everybody to panic right now’

> Source: <https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6086745-johnson-advocates-ai-regulation-balance/>
> Published: 2026-09-13 15:11:14+00:00

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday expressed restraint around the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) regulation in the wake of tech leaders pushing for a slowdown in the development. “If Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try to regulate AI, we will lose the race to China, and…