Democrats question White House tech lead on how workforce churn will impact AI Action Plan

Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, testifies during the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology hearing titled "Assessing America's AI Action Plan," in Rayburn building on Wednesday, January 14, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios shed light on the Trump administration’s artificial intelligence policy plans in a Wednesday House hearing, highlighting the role federal agencies will play in executing these efforts despite mass employee terminations that have taken place over the past year.

But several Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technology's Research and Technology panel questioned the current need for a technology-centric government workforce to advance the tenets of the administration's AI Action Plan against the backdrop of 2025 firing sprees spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency and the new ...