CT state legislators sign multistate letter condemning Trump order on artificial intelligence

CTNewsJunkie – Tuesday, December 30, 2025
By Donald Eng

HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, is one of 84 state legislative leaders from 25 states to sign a bipartisan letter condemning President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence.

The 300-word letter was also signed by Connecticut state senators James Maroney, D-Milford, and Jorge Cabrera, D-Hamden, and state Rep. Nick Menapace, D-East Lyme.

In the letter, the legislators cited previous state actions on things like social media and data privacy, and calls the executive order “a direct threat to the safety of our constituents.”

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