Pray tell, for which special-interest groups is the venerable senator a mouthpiece?
The AI companies, obviously. They use government puppets to create regulation that put competitors out of business under the guide of "child safety" and "threat to everything you hold dear".
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai...
People who want healthcare and maybe kids who would like school lunch I guess?
Bootleggers and Baptists is a concept put forth by regulatory economist Bruce Yandle, derived from the observation that regulations are supported both by groups that want the ostensible purpose of the regulation, and by groups that profit from undermining that purpose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleggers_and_Baptists