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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Declines Warren's Invitation to Testify at Senate AI Hearing on China Chip Sales

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declined Senator Elizabeth Warren's invitation to testify at the Senate Banking Committee's June 11 hearing on 'AI and the American Dream,' which centers on U.S. chip export controls and Nvidia's China business. Huang offered to host Warren or committee members at Nvidia headquarters instead, a counteroffer Warren's team rejected publicly, saying 'the American people deserve answers in a public forum.' The refusal is politically sensitive three days before the hearing, as lawmakers scrutinize whether Nvidia's China GPU sales undermine U.S. national security and whether new export restrictions are warranted.