forward. what do republicans have to say? the republicans offered a bit of a muted response. many not defending donald trump s actions, not yet criticizing what the justice department is doing, taking a wait and see approach. one of those republicans, lindsey graham of south carolina, who told me earlier today that he does not think that trump should be prosecuted. that s just ridiculous for me to comment over what some grand jury may be looking at. i don t see anything to prosecute him over. now, graham himself has come under scrutiny for phone calls he made to the georgia secretary of state in the aftermath of the november 2020 elections. the georgia prosecutor looking into donald trump s actions, has asked for graham to come before the grand jury and testify there. graham himself has said that he will not do that, he s trying to fight that subpoena. nevertheless, you re hearing some defense from republicans but most are saying they re going to take a wait and see a
through the passage a bipartisan infrastructure bill that s fixing our roads, modernising our systems, and we can also look at, now we re actually competing with china in real time and at real scale, investing electric vehicle battery manufacturing production, investing in chips and chip manufacture. but what else would you like to see the president do to actually get through to all voters? well, what he s doing today in this three week tour, and i love that he kicked it off in the midwest, i love that he s getting out on the road, and i also think it s going to be talking to everyday americans. we ve got to break through. think about how many people were at that speech. how many people listened to what was said at that speech, hearing his passion. that s what he needs to do, is go and talk to people, and he is doing just that and it s going to work. you mentioned china. you are on the select committee
manufacturing presence on our american soil. so that we re no longer dependent on other countries for the sourcing of these computer chips that are the brains of basically everything with an on/off switch these days, from automobiles to weapons systems to our cell phones. and they ll be made in the heartland. in fact, just days ago, we had an announcement in west lafa lafayette, indiana, that sky water, one of the semi-conductor manufacturers would be locating their manufacturing chips if we pass this legislation. your fellow republican senator marco rubio voted no. he told fox that he thinks this legislation has a massive loophole that will allow companies to use taxpayer money and still build chips in china. is he wrong? i do think he s wrong. we have addressed that issue. we make sure that any manufacturer that receives money through this legislation to incentivize chip manufacture on our soil cannot engage in manufacturing the high-end chips
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Demand surges during the pandemic caught chip manufacturers off guard. Car, computer and smartphone industries will get first dibs when the chip supply increases. But small startups will likely feel the squeeze longer.