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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to appear voluntarily before the Senate Banking Committee, which is seeking testimony about Nvidia and the Commerce Department’s role in national-security concerns, Just the News reports. The committee has requested testimony from Lutnick on 10 December and from Jensen Huang on 3 December.

Lutnick’s spokesperson told NBC News he had agreed to address the committee’s questions. Just the News says Huang has not yet said whether he will appear, but has agreed to brief Congress. The hearings put oversight of AI-chip export controls on the calendar. The dates are set; what the committee will establish is not.

Discuss: Should congressional scrutiny of AI-chip exports focus on company leaders’ testimony, or on the government’s enforcement decisions?

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