Capitol Hill committee chairs are lining up to grill Nvidia founder Jensen Huang about his love affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
Mr. Huang resigned from the technology company on Tuesday after admitting to extramarital affairs. Now, Congress wants its shot at the fallen tech titan.
Rep. Brian Mast, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told reporters on Thursday that Mr. Huang agreed to testify before his committee.
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He requested Mr. Huang’s testimony before the resignation, alongside the Republican chairmen of the House’s intelligence and China committees.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican, said he expected Senate probes into the matter.
“It would make sense because of the nature of the association,” he said.
Democrats, who ran on a midterm platform adversarial toward Big Tech, are likely to take up the issue with hearings and briefings in the next Congress.
Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, said the Huang situation could warrant the creation of a subcommittee.
“That’s how important and significant it is,” he said. “Come Jan. 4, there will be some hearings.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat who leads her party on the Senate Banking Committee, said on social media, “Jensen Huang’s decision to resign from NVIDIA does not absolve him, other executives, or the company as a whole of responsibility for putting our national security at risk or for any potential violations of our laws.”
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