They just want US authorities to ban big corporations from using models like GLM etc. so that they can keep selling their overpriced tokens. Funnily enough, a ban like this would close to impossible to enforce on individuals, so I guess their lobbying efforts will soon be met by lobbying efforts from big corporations that are losing from this.

Completely stopping people from using open source models is impossible, but if it became a federal law there could be incredible pressure exerted on US companies. For example, OpenRouter might be compelled to not accept open source requests on threat of fines.

I agree with you and just want to add how crazy it is to hear these statements from CEOs as you get older. They literally, literally just say the thing that will maximize profit for their company. Whether it sounds altruistic or not, it's ALWAYS to increase shareholder value (money for the company).