“Congressional Oversight Investigation Needed”: John Cornyn on US Govt Reportedly Clearing Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms “With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties”

Senator John Cornyn is calling for a congressional oversight investigation following the dealings of NVIDIA with sketchy Chinese firms.

Senator John Cornyn wants Congress to investigate how Washington cleared Nvidia chip sales to Chinese firms. On November 8, he reposted a New York Times investigation on X and added his own demand. The same report described the Chinese firms “with empty offices and troubling ties.”

“Congressional Oversight Investigation Needed.”

The senator made the post after the Times published its findings. The same report found the Commerce Department had cleared a 17-month-old Beijing company, New Matrix, to assemble Nvidia’s H200 chips. Its listed office, in an industrial park on the capital’s northwest edge, stood empty. Wires dangled where lights should have been installed. Company records tied two of New Matrix’s owners to Wise Road, a private equity fund Washington blacklisted in 2024.

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Senator John Cornyn Is Calling for a Congressional Oversight Investigation Following NVIDIA’s Transactions With China

Cornyn has represented Texas since 2002 and spent six years as the Senate’s Republican whip. He sits on the Intelligence Committee and has sponsored several China bills. He leaves the Senate in January after losing his primary to Ken Paxton in May.

The post named no committee and set no scope. Recently, Nvidia’s board opened an independent investigation on November 8. It followed reports that CEO Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort. A committee of independent directors, working with outside counsel, will oversee the review. Huang told staff he had been unfaithful to his wife and took full responsibility. The board said it had no reason to believe national security or company secrets were compromised.

The senator’s call goes beyond a briefing. An oversight investigation would let lawmakers subpoena the licensing file and question the officials who signed it. John Cornyn’s demand for a congressional oversight investigation could get to the bottom of how these approvals happened.

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