At a recent House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing, lawmakers put the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) under intense scrutiny over U.S. export entity listings and AI chip sales to China. Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler faced tough questioning from both sides of the aisle regarding the blacklisting—or lack thereof—of major Chinese tech firms and recent export approvals for Nvidia's H200 chips. The exchange underscored a growing policy tension between Congress and the Trump administration over the scope and enforcement of tech controls.

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