Key facts
- Mast said Huang agreed to testify after lawmakers threatened a subpoena, according to Bloomberg and NBC News reports.
- Mast said the testimony will take place behind closed doors and he expects it to be recorded on video and transcribed.
- Mast said he and Huang have been at odds on export controls but called Nvidia a very important company to the United States.
- Moolenaar chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Crawford chairs the House Intelligence Committee, per the report.
Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress by Thanksgiving, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast said on November 12, according to reports from Bloomberg and NBC News. Huang agreed on November 11 after several senior lawmakers threatened to subpoena him.
The report describes Huang as ex-Nvidia CEO, saying he stepped down following reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China. Mast said the testimony will take place behind closed doors, and he expects the briefing to be recorded on video and transcribed.
The agreement followed a letter House Republicans Mast, John Moolenaar and Rick Crawford sent Huang on November 4 requesting that he appear before their committees. Moolenaar chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Crawford chairs the House Intelligence Committee.
Mast told reporters: "Jensen and I have been very at odds as some of you already know on export controls, but Nvidia is a very important company to the United States of America." He added: "I don't want to see anything hurt in Nvidia, but he has some very serious questions to answer."