Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2021
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Mr. MRVAN. Madam Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Johnson for allowing me to speak in support of H.R. 5421, the America COMPETES Act of 2022.
Congress must advance this legislation to ensure American technology and manufacturing has the innovation advantage to continue to grow our economy, strengthen our national security, and tackle our supply chain issues.
Indiana's First Congressional District is home to an incredible manufacturing, steel, and industrial complex, and I want to recognize my Senate colleague from Indiana, Senator Todd Young, for his initiative on the Senate companion legislation, the Endless Frontier Act.
Our Nation has been faced with technology challenges in the past. Today, we have the opportunity to legislate together, with our collective interests in mind, to protect our workers and lead the world in innovation.
Madam Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Johnson for the time, and I encourage all my House colleagues to support the America COMPETES Act.
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Mr. MRVAN. Madam Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank the chairwoman and to reiterate one fact, a story about my district, one of the top-producing steel districts in the Nation and also one of the top auto producers in the Nation.
Today we are faced with enhancing the ability for them to perform, enhancing the ability to produce automobiles because it takes semiconductors. When we don't have semiconductors, people stop working. When the auto industry stops working, then the steel industry stops working. Then my district is impacted. Today is vital for the creation of jobs, to protect our Nation, and, as a national security issue, to be able to correct the supply chain and to be able to produce semiconductors here in the United States.
The vitality of that is the example of the plant in Columbus, Ohio, and the investments that are going to be made in technology jobs so that the next generation of workers in technology will have an opportunity to equitably participate in our economy.
Madam Speaker, I encourage the House to pass this piece of legislation.
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