Political Quotes

“I would like to acknowledge that Division A of H.R. 1158, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020's Joint Explanatory Statement to Division A, provided an increase to the Defense-Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology Program within the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide account. Specifically, a general program increase of $20,000,000, a $5,000,000 program increase for manufacturing engineering programs, a $10,000,000 program increase for manufacturing innovation institutes, a $10,000,000 program increase for advanced manufacturing, and a $14,000,000 program increase for manufacturing cybersecurity. I want to express my gratitude to Chairwoman Lowey, Chairman Visclosky, and the full Committee for the inclusion of joint explanatory language to the bill noting the importance of obtaining advanced microelectronics manufacturing, in support of the defense industrial base, from trusted domestic suppliers. Ensuring quick, reliable, and secure access to leading-edge microelectronics is often a challenge. The changing global semiconductor industry and the increasing sophistication of U.S. adversaries require us to update our domestic microelectronics security framework by establishing a comprehensive, public-private partnership- structured microelectronics cybersecurity center.…”