"Ladies and gentlemen," the Senator said, his voice deep and powerful as he looked around the hall. "This is the latest generation artificial intelligence system we intended to procure, yet its supplier explicitly refused to develop and license two of its core functions. The reason they gave was so-called tech ethics. They said it crossed their moral bottom line."
The Senator let out a cold sneer, his laughter carrying undisguised contempt.
"Our soldiers, those young men and women braving a hail of bullets in the Persian Gulf, in Eastern Europe, and all over the world to protect this country... They bleed on the front lines, and they desperately need the best tools to identify threats and protect their own lives."
He slammed his hand on the table.
