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Representative Jimmy Gomez of California’s 34th Congressional District I was one of the 28 congressmen who was misidentified by the Amazon Rekognition software. I wasn’t surprised. I know for a fact that I have to be more careful when I get pulled over by a police officer. But it concerns me more for people who are working two or three jobs, driving down the street when they get… Read more »

The first item chairwoman Maloney placed on the record in the meeting today was an ACLU study about misidentification of members of Congress by Amazon’s Rekognition as criminals. One of those misidentified in the ACLU exercise was Rep. Gomez (D — CA). Amazon came up more than any other tech giant during the hearing, and Gomez said Amazon’s aggressive promotion of… Read more »

A disproportionate number of those who it misidentified were members of racial minorities, including California Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who declared the technology “fundamentally flawed” at the hearing. He said that when the technology makes mistakes, the consequences can be severe. “It can be life or death if someone thinks you are a violent felon,” said Gomez. “We need to… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-California, who in 2018 was one of 28 members of Congress misidentified by Amazon’s facial recognition program, noted the technology is being used in a multitude of applications and not limited to law enforcement. “At the same time, this technology is fundamentally flawed,” Gomez said. “…This issue probably doesn’t rank in the top three… Read more »

House lawmakers—and, according to those representatives, their constituents—are wary of facial recognition and are working on legislation that would halt its progress as Congress and federal regulators get their arms around how the technology is being used now and put guardrails in place for its use in the future. Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Democrats approved a war powers resolution to reassert their authority in Congress to limit the president’s military actions regarding Iran. The vote follows an Iranian attack on Iraqi bases that housed U.S. troops, which was in retaliation to the president’s orders for an airstrike that killed a top Iranian general…Los Angeles Democrat Jimmy Gomez said the… Read more »

Several Democrats, including Rep. Barbara Lee and Rep. Jimmy Gomez, told Spectrum News that information in the highly classified briefing did not convince them there was any real imminent threat that forced the president to order the attack that killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Full Article Read more »

Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) criticized Trump for focusing much of his remarks on accusing the Obama administration of enabling Iran’s aggression. “This was supposed to be an address to the nation. Instead, it was another embarrassing reminder of @realDonaldTrump’s absurd fixation on vilifying @BarackObama,” Gomez tweeted. “Making matters worse, it’s obvious this man cares more about… Read more »

"This was supposed to be an address to the nation," tweeted Democrat Jimmy Gomez. "Instead, it was another embarrassing reminder of @realDonaldTrump's absurd fixation on vilifying @BarackObama." Full Article     Read more »

It wasn't an altogether new claim from Trump, who last week said on Facebook that "Iran will be shooting at our soldiers with bullets, etc., purchased with the $150 billion Obama gave them.” Trump, though, opted to use the opportunity to settle old scores and accuse his predecessor of funding what the U.S. government has labeled as terrorism. And some Democrats immediately criticized him… Read more »