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U.S. Representative (R-FL)
Companies like Nvidia are requesting to sell millions of advanced AI chips, which are the cutting edge of warfare, to Chinese military companies like Alibaba and Tencent. These are the same companies that work to spy against the United States of America, companies that the Chinese Communist Party uses to try and defeat the United States.
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AI Verified I found the exact passage on the cited House Foreign Affairs Committee press release, “Chairman Mast, HFAC, advances AI Overwatch Act,” dated January 21, 2026. The source URL contains the text verbatim and attributes it to Brian Mast with the phrase “said Chairman Mast.” ([foreignaffairs.house.gov](https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairman-mast-hfac-advances-ai-overwatch-act)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, from the HFAC press release on the AI Overwatch Act (Jan 2026). The foreignaffairs.house.gov URL returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches, but a web search confirms the quote verbatim: Mast said "Companies like Nvidia are requesting to sell millions of advanced AI chips, which are the cutting edge of warfare, to Chinese military companies like Alibaba and Tencent... the same companies that work to spy against the United States... companies that the Chinese Communist Party uses to try and defeat the United States." This is corroborated by Benzinga, The Hill, CNBC, GlobalSecurity, and his own X account. Author attribution and year (2026) are correct. The vote "for" on statement "Democracies should coordinate export controls on AI chips to China" aligns: Mast's AI Overwatch Act seeks to block adversary militaries from accessing advanced AI chips and to anchor allies/partners to American AI systems, and he is a leading proponent of tighter export controls on AI chips to China. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 16d ago
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