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Every Administration says they’ll do it, but we are actually doing it. |
We will buy American to make sure everything from the deck of an aircraft carrier to the steel on highway guardrails are made in America. |
But to compete for the best jobs of the future, we also need to level the playing field with China and other competitors. |
That’s why it is so important to pass the Bipartisan Innovation Act sitting in Congress that will make record investments in emerging technologies and American manufacturing. |
Let me give you one example of why it’s so important to pass it. |
If you travel 20 miles east of Columbus, Ohio, you’ll find 1,000 empty acres of land. |
It won’t look like much, but if you stop and look closely, you’ll see a “Field of dreams,” the ground on which America’s future will be built. |
This is where Intel, the American company that helped build Silicon Valley, is going to build its $20 billion semiconductor “mega site”. |
Up to eight state-of-the-art factories in one place. 10,000 new good-paying jobs. |
Some of the most sophisticated manufacturing in the world to make computer chips the size of a fingertip that power the world and our everyday lives. |
Smartphones. The Internet. Technology we have yet to invent. |
But that’s just the beginning. |
Intel’s CEO, Pat Gelsinger, who is here tonight, told me they are ready to increase their investment from |
$20 billion to $100 billion. |
That would be one of the biggest investments in manufacturing in American history. |
And all they’re waiting for is for you to pass this bill. |
So let’s not wait any longer. Send it to my desk. I’ll sign it. |
And we will really take off. |
And Intel is not alone. |
There’s something happening in America. |
Just look around and you’ll see an amazing story. |
The rebirth of the pride that comes from stamping products “Made In America.” The revitalization of American manufacturing. |
Companies are choosing to build new factories here, when just a few years ago, they would have built them overseas. |
That’s what is happening. Ford is investing $11 billion to build electric vehicles, creating 11,000 jobs across the country. |
GM is making the largest investment in its history—$7 billion to build electric vehicles, creating 4,000 jobs in Michigan. |
All told, we created 369,000 new manufacturing jobs in America just last year. |
Powered by people I’ve met like JoJo Burgess, from generations of union steelworkers from Pittsburgh, who’s here with us tonight. |
As Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown says, “It’s time to bury the label “Rust Belt.” |
It’s time. |
But with all the bright spots in our economy, record job growth and higher wages, too many families are struggling to keep up with the bills. |
Inflation is robbing them of the gains they might otherwise feel. |
I get it. That’s why my top priority is getting prices under control. |
Look, our economy roared back faster than most predicted, but the pandemic meant that businesses had a hard time hiring enough workers to keep up production in their factories. |
The pandemic also disrupted global supply chains. |
When factories close, it takes longer to make goods and get them from the warehouse to the store, and prices go up. |
Look at cars. |
Last year, there weren’t enough semiconductors to make all the cars that people wanted to buy. |
And guess what, prices of automobiles went up. |
So—we have a choice. |
One way to fight inflation is to drive down wages and make Americans poorer. |
I have a better plan to fight inflation. |
Lower your costs, not your wages. |
Make more cars and semiconductors in America. |
More infrastructure and innovation in America. |
More goods moving faster and cheaper in America. |
More jobs where you can earn a good living in America. |
And instead of relying on foreign supply chains, let’s make it in America. |
Economists call it “increasing the productive capacity of our economy.” |
I call it building a better America. |
My plan to fight inflation will lower your costs and lower the deficit. |
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