WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Ted Budd (R-NC) introduced the bipartisan CHIPS Training in America Act (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CHIPS-Training-in-America-Act.pdf), a bipartisan plan to strategically boost the microchip manufacturing workforce to meet the demand created by semiconductor manufacturers establishing or expanding their operations in the United States.
Since 2020, companies in the semiconductor ecosystem have announced (https://www.semiconductors.org/chip-supply-chain-investments/) more than 140 projects across 30 states, totaling over $645 billion in private investment and expected to create or support more than 5...