A group of 15 House Democrats led by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, which oversees export controls, urged Commerce Department acting Inspector General Duane Townsend Feb. 11 to investigate whether a financial conflict of interest led the Trump administration to reach an AI chip deal with the United Arab Emirates last year (see 2505150063).
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Senate Intelligence Committee vice chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., asked the Commerce Department Feb. 11 to explain why the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) has been experiencing the loss of key personnel and delays in several important efforts.
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Feb. 11 that recent comments by Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, underscore the need for legislation to restrict exports of advanced AI chips to China.
Recent U.S. moves to ease export license restrictions on advanced computing chips could lead to more enforcement opportunities for the government and increase compliance risks for exporters, Morrison Foerster said in a client alert this week.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is looking at ways to prevent U.S. technology from ending up in the hands of Chinese military end-users, Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., said Feb. 3.
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., announced Feb. 5 that she and three other Democratic senators are introducing a resolution urging the Trump administration to reverse its decision to provide advanced AI chips to the United Arab Emirates.
The U.S. can’t rely only on export controls to stay ahead of China technologically, said Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He also said he believes the administration’s willingness to ease export controls on certain advanced chips doesn’t necessarily mean the U.S. is becoming less hawkish against China.
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., called on the Trump administration Feb. 1 to cancel plans to sell advanced AI chips to the United Arab Emirates, saying she's worried that President Donald Trump's personal financial ties to the UAE may have overridden national security concerns about the deal.
A day after the House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 42-2 to approve a bill to increase congressional oversight of chip exports to China (see 2601210037), panel Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., said Jan. 22 that additional steps are being taken to advance the legislation.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a bill Jan. 21 that would increase congressional oversight of sales of advanced AI chips to China and other “countries of concern.”