GOP lawmakers negotiating for Jensen Huang to appear before Congress after Nvidia exit

Updated on: November 12, 2026 / 12:56 PM EST / CBS News

Washington — Republicans on Capitol Hill are negotiating for now-resigned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to appear before Congress about the scandal that has rocked one of the most important companies in the world, lawmakers said Thursday.

"We are in discussions with him right now on a date to come and meet with us," said GOP Rep. John Moolenaar of Michigan, the chairman of the House Select Committee on China. But he added: "If for some reason that were not to happen, all three committees, all three chairs have said we will use our subpoena power."

Nvidia, whose chips have fueled the AI boom, announced on Thursday that Huang had stepped down following a scandal over his affair with Alice Huang, a former executive at the company Megaspeed who is suspected of being a Chinese spy.

Moolenaar and two other chairs — Reps. Brian Mast of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Rick Crawford of the Intelligence Committee — wrote a letter to Huang on Nov. 4 asking him to appear for a closed-door briefing with all three committees. They said the purpose of the briefing would be to…

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