Tech in DC: SEC Chair Atkins, Speaker Johnson & Senator Warren 9/29/26

As tech titans head to the White House (youtube.com/watch?v=l_HUeYrhuvM) for a meeting, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) discusses his expectations for the meeting, the future of AI guardrails, and the upcoming midterm elections. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is zeroing in on big tech’s tax breaks and the AI data center build out. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins responds to Anthropic’s “existential risk to humanity” in its IPO prospectus (cnbc.com/2026/09/29/anthropic-warns-ai-existen…). Chair Atkins underscores his own mission to keep America’s IPO market strong.

Paul Atkins - 08:30
Speaker Mike Johnson - 20:26
Sen. Elizabeth Warren - 38:35

In this episode:
Paul Atkins, @SECPaulAtkins (x.com/SECPaulSAtkins?lang=en)
Rep. Mike Johnson, @SpeakerJohnson (x.com/speakerjohnson?lang=en)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, @SenWarren (x.com/SenWarren)
Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk (x.com/JoeSquawk)
Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick (x.com/BeckyQuick)
Andrew Ross Sorkin,@andrewrsorkin (twitter.com/andrewrsorkin)
Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY (twitter.com/cameroncostany?lang=gu)

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