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Comment by Doug Fiefia

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Utah State Representative (Republican); former Google employee; co-chair of a national task force on state AI policy
The Trump administration is, "We want zero regulations on AI." I think that's wrong. [...] I disagree with him on this.
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AI Verified KUER’s April 19, 2026 page attributes to Doug Fiefia the fuller quote at lines 319-320, beginning “The Trump administration is, ‘We want zero regulations on AI,’” and ending “I disagree with him on this.” The submitted version is a faithful excerpt with [...] omitting the intervening sentence, and the stored author, date, and source URL are correct. ([kuer.org](https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2026-04-19/trump-doesnt-want-states-regulating-ai-utah-rep-doug-fiefia-isnt-listening)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
Disputed Disputed. The KUER/AP article at the provided URL does attribute the remarks to Doug Fiefia on April 19, 2026, including “We want zero regulations on AI” and “I disagree with him on this.” But the source does not contain the submitted wording as one exact verbatim quote: it inserts “Fiefia said” between sentences and includes an omitted sentence about agreeing with Trump on taxes. So the quote is based on a real statement, but it is not an exact verbatim match as written. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 8d ago
AI Verified Verified. Quote attributed to Doug Fiefia (Utah State Representative, Republican), year 2026. WebFetch of the KUER source_url returned HTTP 403, but a web search confirmed the exact quote text — Fiefia said of the Trump administration "We want zero regulations on AI," "I think that's wrong," and "I disagree with him on this." This was widely reported (KUER, NBC Bay Area, AP syndication via WHEC, Daily Gazette, etc.) on 2026-04-19. Vote alignment is correct: statement 438 ("States should retain the right to set stricter AI safety standards than the federal government") with a "for" vote matches Fiefia's position defending states' rights to regulate AI against the federal administration. Author attribution and KUER primary source are correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 20d ago
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