WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee Chair Young Kim (CA-40) participated in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing titled “FY27 BIS Budget: The AI Arms Race and the ICTS Office” with Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
Under Secretary Kessler testified on BIS’s role in enforcing U.S. export controls and its request to double its FY27 budget to support enforcement efforts, including preventing advanced AI chips from reaching China. Rep. Kim raised concerns about potential loopholes allowing Chinese companies to obtain U.S.-designed AI chips through overseas foundry subsidiaries, as well as the status of aligning U.S. chipmaking equipment export controls with allies like Japan and the Netherlands.
Watch her remarks HERE.
