The Trump administration's National AI Policy Framework, released March 20, 2026, makes one recommendation above all others: Congress should preempt state AI laws that impose undue burdens and establish a single, minimally burdensome national standard. At the exact moment when states are passing AI legislation at the fastest rate in history, the federal government's opening position is to erase most of it. The Framework is non-binding. Congressional action has not begun. But its implications for the future of AI governance in the US are significant.