(DC BUREAU) — With artificial intelligence poised to disrupt the job market, a bipartisan pair of senators has introduced legislation designed to bring the workforce impact of AI into view. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced a bipartisan bill last week that would require publicly traded companies and federal agencies to submit quarterly reports to the Department of Labor on how many jobs are cut, displaced, or left unfilled because of AI adoption. The Department of Labor would then make that data accessible to the public. Hawley and Warner said the measure is designed to bring more transparency to the ways AI is changing employment so that workers and policymakers have better information. They pointed to recent large-scale job cuts by major employers weighed against increased investment in AI infrastructure as evidence of accelerated change in the job market. For example, Amazon announced an approximate 14,000-job reduction in its corporate ranks while advancing a multi-billion-dollar push into AI and cloud infrastructure. Industry voices argue the situation is more complex. NetChoice, a trade group representing major tech firms such as Amazon and Meta, said that job losses in the economy stem from many factors beyond artificial intelligence, including economic shifts and structural change. According to Patrick Hedger, director of policy at NetChoice, companies are increasingly training “workers that are trained to use AI, not be displaced by AI.” President Trump, meanwhile, has taken a different tone, emphasizing the importance of maintaining U.S. leadership in AI and endorsing large-scale private-sector investment as a key to economic strength and national competitiveness.