Members Press on Trump Administration’s Reversal on NVIDIA AI Chip Sales to China
Summary
On July 27, 2025, House Democrat Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the CCP, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, expressing concerns over the Trump administration’s decision to allow NVIDIA to export its H20 chip to China, citing national security risks. On July 28, 2025, five Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), sent a letter to Secretary Lutnick, calling the decision “abrupt and inexplicable” and urged its reversal. Prior to these letters, on July 18, 2025, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), Chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), asked Secretary Lutnick for a detailed briefing on the administration’s decision to allow the H20 chip sales.
