On January 13th, 2026, CGA Director Nigel Cory testified before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade concerning “Maintaining American Innovation and Technology Leadership”.
“𝘔𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘙&𝘋, 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘹 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘈.𝘐., 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.”
Read the full testimony here: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Nigel-Cory-Written-Testimony.pdf
