[🇺🇸 Congress, Jan 2026] Giving Congress power to block AI chip exports to adversaries

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  Matt Pottinger

  Former deputy national security adviser

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  Imagine, if you will, that the question before you today were whether the United States should sell China our advanced propulsion systems that make our nuclear submarines quiet and stealthy. [...] We would laugh at the premise there’s any debate. [.....

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  Oren M. Cass

  Founder and chief economist, American Compass

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  Any export of advanced AI chips or chipmaking equipment to China must be understood as supporting its military, either by empowering its leading AI labs or by directly providing computing power to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). [...] Congress mu...

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  FDD Action

  Policy advocacy organization

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  Action Alert: Support AI Overwatch Act [...] Congress could block the license by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval within that window.

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  John Moolenaar

  U.S. Representative (R-MI)

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  votes For and says:

  Advanced AI chips are foundational to [...] military power, and Congress has a responsibility to ensure they are not fueling the Chinese Communist Party’s [...].

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  Ami Bera

  U.S. Representative (D-California)

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  votes For and says:

  Decisions about exporting our most advanced AI chips shouldn’t be made unilaterally behind closed doors. This bill reasserts Congress’ authority and ensures that any such transfer to the People’s Republic of China is subject to full scrutiny. Our nat...

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  Raja Krishnamoorthi

  U.S. Representative (D-Illinois)

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  For years, the Chinese Communist Party has treated America’s cutting-edge chips like an all-you-can-eat buffet, fueling surveillance, military modernization, and influence campaigns. This bill puts an end to that practice. If an advanced AI chip is h...

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  Republican Foreign Affairs Committee

  U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee

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  Washington D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast introduced the AI OVERWATCH Act. This bill ensures congressional oversight keeps pace with advancing technology, blocks adversary militaries from accessing weapon-enabling A...

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  Andy Kim

  U.S. Senator (D-NJ)

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  If America is going to maintain our strategic competitiveness and security, we need to enforce guardrails to ensure that our adversaries cannot obtain advanced technologies like high-performance chips only to use them against us. Congress must step u...

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  Elizabeth Warren

  U.S. Senator (D-MA)

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  The American public deserves answers. Mr. Huang should be brought in front of Congress to testify under oath. And he should be joined by Secretary Lutnick and every other Trump Administration official involved in this decision. Congress does not nee...

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  Jon Finer

  Former Principal Deputy NSA

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  votes For and says:

  Like other areas of economic statecraft such as sanctions, export controls are not a one-off fix. They require relentless vigilance, iterative adjustment, and, when necessary, escalation. And, importantly, they are strongest when both the executive a...

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  Warren Davidson

  U.S. Representative (R-Ohio)

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  votes For and says:

  Some have tried to call it somehow 'pro China,' when the opposite is clear.

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  Rick Crawford

  U.S. Representative (R-Arkansas)

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  I am proud to join my colleague Chairman Mast in introducing this legislation [...] the globe.

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  Tom Cotton

  U.S. Senator from Arkansas (Republican); member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees

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  votes For and says:

  Communist China and its accomplices continue to smuggle advanced AI chips to undermine the US and threaten our national security. My bipartisan Chips Security Act would ensure our chips don't illegally fall into the hands of our adversaries.

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  Chris McGuire

  CFR fellow on China tech

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  Yeah, I completely agree. I think we need to do both. I mean certainly on the most advanced Chinese fabs, we certainly should make sure that they are blocked from all US allies’ tools and completely blacklisted. The fact that allies can backfill is p...

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  Rich McCormick

  U.S. Representative (R-Georgia)

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  I'm glad we've taken off the restrictions so that China can actually purchase them [...]

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  Ryan Fournier

  Conservative political commentator

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  President Trumps authority is clear. The Commander in Chief has ultimate authority on foreign affairs. Democrats and their Deep State partners are purposefully misleading House Republicans to strip him of this authority... America must win the AI Col...

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  Sam Raus

  Young Voices writing fellow

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  votes Against and says:

  Renewed proposals like the AI Overwatch Act are deeply misguided. [...] the bill would restrict the president’s ability to set and adjust AI export policy.

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  David Sacks

  White House AI and crypto czar

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  votes Against and says:

  Correct. [Sacks' one-word reply agreeing with a social media post characterizing the AI OVERWATCH Act — which would give Congress power to review and block AI chip exports — as "an assault on presidential authority"]

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  Jensen Huang

  Nvidia cofounder and CEO

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  votes Against and says:

  Export control has been assigned to Commerce for good reason. One source in the government to enforce laws I think is plenty.

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  Daniel Bob

  Indo-Pacific policy writer

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  votes Against and says:

  The AI Overwatch Act introduces a new variable: Congressional veto politics inserted directly into individual export licensing decisions. [...] approvals could slow, and unpredictability could increase.

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  Laura Loomer

  Conservative activist and commentator

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  votes Against and says:

  It yanks control of advanced AI chip exports away from President Trump [...] and instead hands veto power to Congress.

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  Sebastian Mallaby

  Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations; author and former Economist and Washington Post journalist

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  votes Against and says:

  Back in 2022, I supported the Biden chip-export controls on China. After a week with Chinese AI researchers and tech leaders, I've changed my mind. The controls are not working, and they obstruct another strategy that just might work. [...]

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