WASHINGTON — Rhode Island U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo said Thursday that President Donald Trump "must crack down on advanced chip exports," in a statement responding to the resignation of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

Amo, a Democrat and the vice-ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he had led colleagues in calling for a full investigation by the Commerce Department into Huang's actions "because they put us all at risk." "No CEO or government official should be allowed to put America's technological edge in jeopardy," he said.

Amo said Trump must act "before he hands our AI advantage to an adversary," and said questions remained: "What did this administration know, when did it know it, and who signed off on these exports?"

"Stop the shipments. Enforce the law. Give Congress and the American people the answers they deserve. Our security is not for sale," Amo said.

According to Amo's office, Amo, Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seeking answers about the Trump administration's approval of advanced AI chip exports. The office said those exports included sales to companies with what it called "concerning links to China," and that the letter was sent amid what it described as "alarming reports of potential Chinese intelligence ties" to Huang.

In January, Meeks and Amo challenged Lutnick over what Amo's office called Trump's "dangerous decision" to loosen export controls and approve the sale of advanced AI chips to China, the office said.

The statement included no response from Huang, Nvidia, the Commerce Department or the White House.

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