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Nvidia CEO Declines Senate Testimony, Offers HQ Hearing

6/11/2026

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Huang Declines Testimony

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declined Senator Elizabeth Warren’s invitation to testify and offered to host the committee at its headquarters.
Warren noted Huang attended a $1 million dinner at Mar-a-Lago and met President Xi, urging him to find time for Congress.
The June 11 Senate hearing will examine AI’s impact on innovation and affordability while Congress, after Commerce Department closed an export-control loophole, is weighing bills to restrict AI-chip sales to China.

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The Senate hearing on June 11, chaired by Tim Scott (R-SC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), links AI policy’s pillars—innovation, affordability, dominance—to housing markets and job security.
Redfin polls show 63 % of Democrats and 57 % of Republicans think AI will erode jobs and hurt housing affordability, a trend Yahoo Finance warns could destabilize mortgage markets.

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Huang Declines Testimony

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declined Senator Elizabeth Warren’s invitation to testify and offered to host the committee at its headquarters.
Warren noted Huang attended a $1 million dinner at Mar-a-Lago and met President Xi, urging him to find time for Congress.
The June 11 Senate hearing will examine AI’s impact on innovation and affordability while Congress, after Commerce Department closed an export-control loophole, is weighing bills to restrict AI-chip sales to China.

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