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Witness urges House Administration subcommittee to pilot AI tools to scale public input
Summary
An unnamed witness told the House Administration subcommittee that AI tools, paired with disciplined processes, could let Congress solicit and organize large volumes of public questions and comments; they recommended testing subcommittee Recommendation 176 with a low-risk pilot and offered an open-source tool and training.
An unidentified witness appearing before the House Administration subcommittee urged members to test AI-assisted tools to solicit and manage public input, saying the technologies can help Congress hear more constituents without overburdening staff.
The witness framed the problem in staffing and capacity: "committee staff are roughly 40% smaller than they were in 1980," and support agencies such as the Congressional Research Service, Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office "have shrunk 45% in the last generation," limiting lawmakers' ability to process public contributions. The witness added that Congress receives about "81,000,000 calls coming into Congress every year from constituents," which contributes to the scale challenge of…
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