{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-warner-lankford-kelly-introduce-bill-to-foster-intelligence-community-partnerships/", "Cornyn, Warner, Lankford, Kelly Introduce Bill to Foster Intelligence Community Partnerships", "2024-12-06", "2024", "2024-12", "Republican", "Senate", "TX", "John Cornyn", "C001056", "www.cornyn.senate.gov", "cornyn", "https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), and Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced the Enable IC Partnerships Act, which would encourage public and private partnerships with the Intelligence Community to streamline acquisitions and adoption of cutting-edge technologies and support workforce development:\n\n\u201cArtificial Intelligence, machine learning, and data sciences are on pace to revolutionize intelligence gathering and analysis,\u201dsaid Sen. Cornyn. \u201cThrough IC partnerships with federal lending agencies like DOD\u2019s Office of Strategic Capital and fostering greater IC public-private partnerships, we can better equip collectors and analysts with the tools to meet workforce demand and strengthen our national security.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I\u2019m acutely aware of the challenges our Intelligence Community faces to combat the threats posed by our adversaries,\u201d said Sen. Warner. \u201cAs our adversaries rapidly advance their technological capabilities, it\u2019s crucial that we streamline our processes in order to keep up. This legislation would help give the IC the support, funding, and flexibility needed better protect our national security.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur intelligence community is stronger when they\u2019re given the tools needed to anticipate national security threats,\u201d said Sen. Kelly. \u201cThis bipartisan effort will make it easier for our intelligence agencies to leverage partnerships to secure state-of-the-art technology and talent, ensuring the U.S. maintains an edge over adversaries.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nIn light of global threats to national security, acquisition leaders in the Intelligence Community must be able to explore the use of public and private capital partnerships to secure technological advantages for the intelligence community through the identification, development, and transfer of promising technologies to full-scale programs capable of meeting IC requirements.\n\nThis legislation would encourage acquisition leaders to explore partnerships with federal lending agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Strategic Capital, and private capital partnerships. It would also support IC talent and workforce development in technology-related fields, including computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and others.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:07:19Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-warner-lankford-kelly-introduce-bill-to-foster-intelligence-community-partnerships/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.076485961675644, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}