Darin McKay LaHood

Export Control and Compute Governance

Government control or restriction of advanced AI capabilities through trade, export, or compute access.

Introduced the Advanced AI Security Readiness Act to develop an AI security playbook to defend American technology against foreign adversaries; introduced the Chip Security Act preventing the Chinese Communist Party from smuggling American-manufactured AI chips; supports the FY2026 NDAA where one of the priorities were the Advanced AI Security Readiness Act requiring the Director of the National Security Agency to develop guidance to protect artificial intelligence (AI) technology from adversaries by engaging with AI developers and leveraging industry expertise to address vulnerabilities and threats

Source: Statement · lahood.house.gov

Military and National Security Uses of AI

Positions on the use of AI in military, intelligence, or national security contexts.

Introduced No DeepSeek on Government Devices Act to ban the use and download of Deepseek from government devices; granted money to ramp up technology used in real-time data collection for police investigations, including use of AI in conjuction with license plate reading cameras

Source: Statement · lahood.house.gov

AI Regulation Philosophy

A candidate's general stance on regulating AI systems.

Supports a private-sector-led, innovation-first approach, pointing to the success of Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon as evidence that "allowing the private sector to flourish" is the right model

Source: Statement · wglt.org

AI Preemption

Stance on federal preemption of state AI laws, states' rights to regulate AI, and the patchwork of local vs. national regulatory approaches.

Claims that 50 states passing individual laws creates confusing patchworks of regulations; acknowledges that 10 years may be too long

Source: Statement · axios.com