Lawmakers Push Bill to Give Congress Oversight of Advanced AI Chip Sales

Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) presides over a hearing about USAID on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesThe House Foreign Affairs Committee, with broad bipartisan support, on Jan. 21 advanced for a full floor vote a bill that would give Congress oversight of foreign advanced AI chip sales.Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), chair of the committee, doubled down on his AI Overwatch Act after controversy erupted last week following a committee hearing about the AI race between the United States and China.