Chips Act

Floor Speech

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Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise today in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of the United Auto Workers as well as America's auto manufacturers.

Every day, nearly a million hardworking Americans go to work on factory floors across our country building the finest vehicles in the world, but our workers and manufacturers cannot compete on the global stage without a robust inventory of the semiconductor chips that help power the auto industry.

The CHIPS Act will invest $2 billion to turbocharge domestic production of legacy auto chips and unleash America's 21st century innovation. The CHIPS Act will support good-paying jobs for the American middle class, including tens of thousands of auto workers across Ohio at Jeep, Ford, and GM.

Intel just announced a $20 billion investment in semiconductor factories in Ohio, but that is just the beginning. Let's revitalize America's manufacturing might, re-shore production here in the United States, and create thousands of new living-wage jobs for our workers and families.

Madam Speaker, it is time to pass the CHIPS Act and move America forward by freeing us from foreign chip domination.

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