David Sacks, the White House’s AI and crypto czar, speaks with President Donald Trump as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
"Washington wants to control things, the bureaucracy wants to control things. That's not a winning formula for technology development," David Sacks said.
A sign marks the entrance to the Department of Commerce headquarters building on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
The bipartisan bill comes as House Republicans want to give the agency $500 million for AI and modernization while also barring enforcement of state-level AI regulations.
GOP members of the Judiciary subcommittee on regulatory reform say the government doesn’t “understand what they are regulating,” while Democrats sound the alarm on DOGE AI work.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., holds a hearing on AI in the financial and housing sectors on July 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot from livestream of hearing).