Building an AI-Ready America: Safer Workplaces Through Smarter Technology

House Education and Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections · February 12, 2026

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Opening remarks and hearing purpose

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Chairman Wahlberg called the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections to order, confirmed a quorum, and opened the hearing on AI and advanced technologies for worker safety. He framed AI-powered safety tools (wearables, sensors, predictive analytics) as shifting safety from reactive to preventive approaches and flagged questions about validation, human oversight, and worker privacy that the hearing seeks to address.

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A House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing examined how AI and advanced technologies can improve workplace safety while raising concerns about privacy, surveillance, and the need for stronger agency capacity and worker protections.

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