[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 183 (Tuesday, December 10, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6891-S6892]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                         Chips and Science Act

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, when we passed the bipartisan Chips and 
Science Act 2 years ago, we promised to bring semiconductor 
manufacturing back to our shores, to strengthen our national security, 
and shore up our domestic supply chains. Today, that promise is coming 
to fruition in Upstate New York.
  Micron just finalized, this morning--early this morning--a $6.1 
billion--that is billion, $6.1 billion--award that was made possible by 
the bipartisan Chips and Science law, to bring advanced memory chip 
manufacturing to Upstate New York and to America. Most importantly, 
Micron's Chips award is now locked in. It is signed, sealed, and ready 
to deliver for Central New York, all of Upstate New York, and for 
America.
  Micron's Chips award is more than just a once-in-a-generation 
investment in Upstate New York. It is an investment that will span 
multiple generations, create over 50,000 jobs, and spur historic 
amounts of private investment in the region.
  And the chips Micron will make are essential--essential--for 
America's future. They are critical for our national security, for AI, 
our smart phones, our cars, our computers, and so much else. And the 
benefits go beyond New York.
  This award is also fueling expansion of Micron in Idaho, and, today, 
the Commerce Department has struck yet another deal with Micron to 
expand their Virginia facility. So Micron is investing and expanding in 
States big and small, from coast to coast. This is just the latest in a 
flurry of good news, showing that chip production is expanding in 
America from New Hampshire and New York to Arizona; New Mexico to Ohio.
  That is what Chips and Science is all about: making sure that America 
harnesses all our potential to stay No. 1 in chip manufacturing.
  And when I conceived the Chips and Science bill, I had Upstate New 
York in mind. We knew that manufacturing had left New York, and we 
wanted it to return. And that is now coming to fruition from one end of 
the State to the other. And the I-90 corridor, from Buffalo to Albany, 
will be known as the ``semiconductor superhighway,'' where close to a 
quarter of all chips made in America will be made.

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  It is great news, not only for this generation but for future 
generations, whose kids and grandkids will want to live in Upstate New 
York.