Christian is based in our Washington, DC office and is a Vice President of ML Strategies. He assists a variety of clients in their interactions with the federal government.
Prior to joining ML Strategies, Christian spent nearly 10 years in staff leadership roles with the US Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation serving Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) as the former Chairman, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) as the former Ranking Member, and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the current Ranking Member of the committee. During most of his tenure, he was either a subcommittee staff director or senior counsel for at least one of three subcommittees: Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection; Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance; and Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion. His work focused on a broad range of issues, including consumer protection, privacy and data security, cybersecurity, automobile and highway safety, product safety, sports, manufacturing, exports, and trade while regularly interacting with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and the Department of Commerce. His previous position with the Commerce Committee was serving as a majority staff counsel for two subcommittees for former committee Chairman Rockefeller.
Earlier, Christian held policy coordinator, senior staff, and senior advisor roles with the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce, where he worked on matters related to the FTC, NHTSA, CPSC, Department of Commerce, and the EPA.
Christian also served as a senior legislative assistant to US Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) and previously to former US Representative Bill Luther (D-MN), advising each on Energy and Commerce Committee issues.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Christian Tamotsu Fjeld
- (Un)fair Use? Copyrighted Works as AI Training Data — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Wednesday, January 10, 2024)
- AI Judges? Chief Justice Roberts Thinks Not — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Wednesday, January 03, 2024)
- Three Trends in AI Regulation in 2023 — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Wednesday, December 27, 2023)
- Senators Consider Reforms to Antitrust Law to Address Algorithmic Price-Fixing and Self-Preferencing — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Tuesday, December 19, 2023)
- SEC Chair Doubles Down on AI Conflict of Interest Rules, Warns Firms Not to “AI-Wash” — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Monday, December 18, 2023)
- A Timeline of Biden’s AI Executive Order — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Thursday, December 07, 2023)
- Federal Trade Commission Announces Voice Cloning Challenge — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Tuesday, November 21, 2023)
- FTC Advises Copyright Office on AI — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Thursday, November 16, 2023)
- OMB Releases Draft Guidance to Agencies on Implementing Biden’s AI Executive Order — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Thursday, November 09, 2023)
- Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence — AI: The Washington Report - (Posted On Thursday, November 02, 2023)