House chairs seek Jensen Huang briefing on alleged China espionage ties

The lawmakers are Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford.[2] They requested that Huang appear for a joint, closed-door briefing before their three committees on November 18, 2026, in room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building.[2][3] They asked him to accept the proposed date or provide an alternative session date by November 11.[2] The House Foreign Affairs Committee page states November 5, 2026.[2]

The briefing request seeks information about Nvidia’s security protocols against foreign adversary espionage and Huang’s interactions with Alice Huang.[3] The chairmen said reports raised national security concerns about China’s access to sensitive U.S. technology and information.[2] They said Congress needs to determine the extent to which U.S. national security has been placed at risk.[2]

The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence found Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen, had been funneling information to Beijing, and described her relationship with Jensen Huang as close.[4] The Wall Street Journal reported that officials in at least three countries were concerned she was passing information to China, potentially including sensitive details about Nvidia chips.[1] The Verge, citing the Times, reported that China’s Ministry of State Security recruited her to gather information about U.S. AI chips and potentially influence Nvidia’s chip-availability decisions for China.[5]

Nvidia has denied the allegations and described Huang’s contacts with Alice Huang as routine business interactions.[1] The company says Jensen Huang speaks with thousands of customer executives each year and that regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information, not sensitive trade secrets or information relevant to national security.[1] Nvidia did not confirm to CNBC whether Huang would attend the proposed briefing.[4] China’s government previously called allegations that it was spying on Nvidia “groundless speculation.”[1]