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Chris MacKenzie
Communications

Chris MacKenzie

Vice President of Communications

Former Senior Communications Director at Chamber of Progress; Former Communications Director to Rep. Kendra Horn and to Rep. Terri Sewell; Former Communications and Policy Aide to Rep. John Delaney

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Research & Publications

IN THE NEWS • 2026

State lawmakers press Congress on plan to preempt AI laws

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IN THE NEWS • 2026

AI becomes a political wedge issue, creating odd bedfellows across parties

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

How Christian Leaders Are Challenging the AI Boom

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Big Tech gets worried about Trump’s AI czar

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

What tech thinks about a16z’s new AI framework

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Trump’s greenlight for Nvidia chip sales to China sparks US security concerns

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

The far right is mobilizing against Trump AI czar David Sacks

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Congress eyes its next AI move

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Four AI Policy Choices Policymakers Can’t Afford to Get Wrong

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

A New Section 230: Why AI Preemption Would Let Tech Off the Hook Again

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

The AI Action Plan Every CEO Must Know

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Economists push DOL to better prepare for AI disruptions

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Data Risks, Not Just Chips

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Economists call for more DOL data on AI’s impact on the jobs market

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Congress Considers Forcing Nvidia to Sell Leading GPUs to Americans First

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Report from tech policy group, Notre Dame examines critical workforce issues triggered by AI

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RESEARCH • 2025

Proactively Developing & Assisting the Workforce in the Age of AI

Research examines areas of workforce and AI policy that lawmakers should explore, including data and measurement, workforce development and education, improved social safety nets, and...

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Group urges chips-smuggling hearings

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

20 national security experts urge Trump administration to restrict Nvidia H20 sales to China

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Super PAC aims to drown out AI critics in midterms, with $100M and counting

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

A tech law just passed. Could it happen again?

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

The AI lobby plants its flag in Washington

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Trump draws GOP criticism on Nvidia AI chip deal

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IN THE NEWS • 2025

Tech advocates push AI tax incentive in reconciliation

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RESEARCH • 2025

Federal Preemption of State Laws

Author Iskandar Haykel examines how state laws would be impacted by federal legislation that would preempt state AI regulation for the next 10 years. This...

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RESEARCH • 2025

Assessing AI’s Labor Disruption

This report explores the gap between economist forecasts of AI's labor disruption and technologists' predictions, finding that the difference can be partially explained by failures...

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RESEARCH • 2025

Transparency in Frontier AI

ARI ranks seven big-name AI models on measures of transparency. The study explores transparency in four primary areas, including user-facing documentation, risk and safety, technical...

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