Rep. John Moolener (R-Mich.) appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday and said Congress needs to “get to the bottom” of the issue. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy.
Moolener, who chairs the House Select Committee on China, said he wanted to know whether Huang shared privileged information with Chinese spies. Whether Mr. Huang was influenced by lobbying efforts against blocking chip sales to China. and whether China prioritized purchasing Nvidia’s limited supply of advanced chips.
He called for a thorough internal investigation into Mr. Hwang.
“When it comes to damage control rather than investigation, that’s not going to work because people have to have confidence,” Moolenaar said.
“We are dealing with our greatest adversary, the Chinese Communist Party, which is funding wars, supporting Russia, supporting Iran and North Korea.” “And we are essentially in a Cold War race over technology. We cannot afford to allow the leading companies on the front lines of this to become irresponsible in any way.”
Congressional scrutiny of Hwang’s case has intensified since lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday.
The New York Times reported that Huang had a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a Megaspeed executive identified by U.S. intelligence agencies as a Chinese intelligence operative. Nvidia launched an investigation into its CEO on Sunday. The two yellows are not related by blood.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks on stage at the German Investment Summit on October 19, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.
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“We’re going to need a detailed explanation, especially as it relates to the NVIDIA issue, so that we can all get to the bottom of what happened and what the implications are from a national security standpoint,” House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D.N.Y.) said at a press conference Monday.
On November 5, Mr. Moolener jointly wrote a letter with Representatives Brian Mast of Florida and Rick Crawford of Arkansas, requesting that Mr. Huang appear before the China Select Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Select Committee on Intelligence. Mast will chair the Foreign Affairs Committee and Crawford will chair the Intelligence Committee.
“Recent reports raise serious national security concerns regarding China’s access to sensitive U.S. technology and information,” the three Republicans wrote.
