# Senate Banking Committee chair calls on Jensen Huang and Howard Lutnick to testify > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2671469 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 7 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo News, Nov 12, 2026, 6:45 PM · Read it: By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON, Nov 12 - US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott sent letters on Thursday to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Nvidia's former ‌CEO Jensen Huang asking them to testify over recent developments at the company.Huang ‌stepped down from Nvidia, one of the major engines behind the AI boom, after reports of a romantic relationship ​with a businesswoman named Alice Huang whom US authorities suspect of spying for the Chinese government.In addition, a growing number of lawmakers have criticized Lutnick for the administration's refusal to add dozens of Chinese… ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 12, 2026, 7:52 AM: [Jensen Huang resigns]() — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States) - Nov 12, 2026, 8:04 AM: [Jensen Huang is out as NVIDIA CEO]() — Engadget (Digital news, United States) He has held the position since the company's founding in 1993, but has recently been embroiled in an international scandal. - Nov 12, 2026, 10:36 AM: [Jensen Huang agrees to testify before Congress]() — TechCrunch (Digital news, United States) Huang, who was ousted as CEO following reports of an alleged affair with a woman suspected of spying for China, agreed to testify Wednesday after several senior lawmakers threatened to subpoena him. - Nov 12, 2026, 6:45 PM: [Senate Banking Committee chair calls on Jensen Huang and Howard Lutnick to testify]() — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States, rated Lean left) By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON, Nov 12 - US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott sent letters on Thursday to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Nvidia's former ‌CEO Jensen Huang asking them to testify over recent developments at the company.Huang ‌stepped down from Nvidia, one of the major engines behind the AI boom, after reports of a romantic relationship ​with a businesswoman named Alice Huang whom US authorities suspect of spying for the Chinese government.In addition, a growing number of lawmakers have criticized Lutnick for the administration's refusal to add dozens of Chinese… - Nov 12, 2026, 7:10 PM: [Huang and Lutnick Summoned to Testify Before Congress]() — New York Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left) Senator Tim Scott said he had requested that the Nvidia co-founder and the commerce secretary appear before the Senate Banking Committee. - Nov 12, 2026, 9:01 PM: [Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott asks Jensen Huang and Howard Lutnick to testify at separate hearings in December over the Nvidia saga; Lutnick agrees to appear (Jasper Goodman/Politico)]() — Techmeme (Aggregator, United States) - Nov 12, 2026, 9:47 PM: [The downfall of Jensen Huang]() — Financial Times (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Center) After 33 years building Nvidia into the world’s most valuable company, its founder’s career disintegrated in less than two weeks