Todd Young Archives

People walk past the headquarters of the Small Business Administration in the Southwest Federal Center area on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Senate bill seeks more AI support for SBA development centers

The legislation from Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., is a companion to a House bill that passed out of committee late last year.

Jan 8, 2026 By Matt Bracken

Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., attend the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing titled Strengthening Airline Operations and Consumer Protections in Russell Building in February 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Quantum initiative reauthorization gets reboot in Senate

The bipartisan legislation from Sens. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Todd Young, R-Ind., would refresh the federal program for the first time since its 2023 expiration.

Jan 8, 2026 By Madison Alder

An entrance to the National Security Agency headquarters is seen at the visitor’s entrance of the facility in Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Lawmakers seek NSA playbook on AI security under bipartisan bill

The bicameral legislative effort would task the intelligence agency with producing cyber-focused guidance to secure AI systems and ward off foreign threats.

Nov 19, 2025 By Matt Bracken

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)

With trust in AI flagging, senators want Commerce to lead education campaign

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.

May 12, 2025 By Matt Bracken

A view of NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. (Photo credit: NIST)

Bipartisan bill to foster public-private partnerships for NIST reintroduced in House, Senate

The legislation would establish a nonprofit foundation to help NIST utilize partnerships with the private sector.

Apr 1, 2025 By Madison Alder

Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks to reporters following a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation meeting in April 2024. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Bipartisan National Quantum Initiative reauthorization introduced in Senate

The initiative to bolster quantum research partly expired Sept. 30, 2023. A House bill of the same name advanced out of committee last year.

Dec 4, 2024 By Madison Alder

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 07: Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) speaks at a press conference alongside U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) about the Senate Democrats expanded majority for the next 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Bipartisan Senate bill would renew CDO Council, require ‘AI readiness’ work

The Chief Data Officers Council would be required to report to Congress on best practices for data management related to emerging technology and AI, among other things.

Sep 23, 2024 By Madison Alder

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks at a microphone as Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., listen after an AI Insight Forum in November 2023. — Sen. Mike Rounds speaks after a November 2023 AI Insight Forum in the Senate. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Biomedical data center, financial services reporting included in Rounds’ AI bill package

Five bills from Senate AI Caucus co-chair Mike Rounds, R-S.D., proposals touching health, financial services and defense.

Aug 30, 2024 By Madison Alder

SK hynix’s logo is seen outside its office in Seongnam in January 2024. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Commerce, South Korean chip maker sign preliminary terms for investment in Indiana-based plant

The terms would provide federal incentives for SK hynix’s work building a packaging and R&D facility for artificial intelligence products.

Aug 6, 2024 By Madison Alder

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)

Government AI funding among priorities in Senate working group roadmap

The roadmap for artificial intelligence policy encourages the executive branch and appropriators to support $32 billion in annual innovation funding.

May 15, 2024 By Madison Alder