Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 2228, the Building Chips in America Act, the Senate version of bipartisan legislation I introduced last year to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the United States. Last year, 120 Members of Congress signed a letter to House and Senate leadership urging its inclusion in the National Defense Authorization Act. Semiconductors go in everything from cell phones to innovative technologies that support American energy, powerful new AI tools, key weapons systems keeping Americans safe at home and abroad, and the list goes on. Despite this, the U.S. is home to only 10 percent of global semiconductor production. Thankfully, the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act authorized nearly $40 billion in grant funding to reshore this critical manufacturing capability for which we have historically relied almost entirely on China. This monumental investment in our domestic industry has spurred companies up and down the semiconductor supply chain to start bringing new manufacturing projects to our shores. However, existing requirements by the National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, threaten to delay semiconductor projects already underway and discourage future investment in domestic semiconductor manufacturing. A recent study from Georgetown University found the United States builds semiconductor fabs at a slower rate than the rest of the world.…”