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title: "Democratic Senator Coons Says Secretary Lutnick Let America Down"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/democratic-senator-coons-says-secretary-lutnick-let-america-down-6fde11f2
published: 2026-11-13T16:43:47.000Z
byline: "Source: Bloomberg Tech"
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# Democratic Senator Coons Says Secretary Lutnick Let America Down

Source: Bloomberg Tech · Published 2026-11-13 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/democratic-senator-coons-says-secretary-lutnick-let-america-down-6fde11f2

Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick "let America down" and is at center of a controversy involving Nvidia. Senator Coons wants to know if Lutnick made it easier for China to secure Nvidia advanced AI chips. Coons says he has no "concrete evidence" that US national security has been compromised. President Donald Trump says he has complete confidence in Lutnick. Senator Coons speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)

## Sources

- [Read the original at Bloomberg Tech](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-11-13/coons-says-secretary-lutnick-let-america-down-video)

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