John Katko: “I thank Ranking Member Lucas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the CHIPS Plus Act. This…”

“I thank Ranking Member Lucas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the CHIPS Plus Act. This legislation has the potential to bring transformational investments to my district in central New York and will take long overdue steps to shore up our domestic supply chain for semiconductors. Significantly, this measure has the support of pillars from the previous administration on national security and economic matters: Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State, supports it. Wilbur Ross, former Secretary of Commerce, supports it. Mark Esper, former Secretary of Defense, supports it. Robert Lighthizer, former U.S. Trade Representative, supports it. And Robert O'Brien, former National Security Adviser, supports it. That is impactful to me, and it should be impactful to all Americans. All of these former administration officials recognize the inherent danger of ceding ground on technological development to the malign Chinese Communist Party; and like me, I am sure none of these officials will support the partisan reconciliation package the Democrats are cooking up to raise taxes. We can't control that. We are not in the majority. This is a separate bill, and we need to focus on what we are voting on today, not tomorrow, not next week, not next month. It is vital that we pass this, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting CHIPS Plus.…”