Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies at a House subcommittee hearing on the department’s budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
The White House budget proposal calls for $2.75 billion in cuts to the national laboratories, but Chris Wright told senators he’s “very open” to expanding the budget…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D, N.Y., and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speak to reporters following a Senate Forum on Artificial Intelligence in the Russell Senate Office Building on October 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)
The 117th Congress should focus on furthering artificial intelligence transparency, continuing industry partnership and ensuring agency funding for AI projects.
Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, want the Pentagon to "promote and maintain digital engineering as a core competency of the Armed Forces."