because of the pandemic, when factories shutdown in asia they had no idea they were supplying essential materials to us, shutdown around the world. these small computer chips, the size of your finger tip, they affect nearly everything in our lives. our cell phones. automobiles, refrigerators, weapons systems, everything. america invented these chips we made them smaller, faster and more powerful. but over time we went from producing 40% of the world s chips down to just 10% of them despite leading the world in research and design. you saw what happened during the pandemic when the global economy came to a halt overseas factories that made the chips shutdown driving up the costs for everyone around the world, particularly american families every new car built needs as many as 3,000 of these chips during the pandemic, that s the reason car prices skyrocketed. and in some cases new car production shutdown because the chips were in short supply but now the private sector at home
the unions in this country now have the support, whether union members or not, of over 60% of the american people, never before have union been that popular, labor union. or 60% the american people. i think that s important. because they re figuring it. out you are the bulwark against success. you are the ones. and by the way, you know, like all of you, like many of you, i wasn t raised poor. but, i wasn t wealthy. we lived in a three bedroom split level home and in a town called mayfield in delaware with four kids, mom, that, and a grandpa. but we were all right. we could always tell whether things were going. rough we had two sets of bunks in one room. you could hear my dad when he was restless. you could hear the headboard. i remember asking my mom one day, what s the matter with that? she said, honey, we just lost our insurance. people shouldn t have to face that reality in america. it shouldn t be the case. the unions make sure that we didn t have to face that. but the r
manufacturing jobs in america today. unions in this country now have the support, whether they re union members or not, of over 60% of the american people. never before have unions been that popular. labor. unions, unions. over 60% of the american people think it s important, because they re figuring out, you are the bulwark against access. you re the ones. you re the ones. and by the way, you know, like all of you i shouldn t say all. like many of you i wasn t raised poor, but we weren t wealthy. we live in the a three-bedroom split level home in a little town called a little area called mayfield in delaware, with four kids a mom and a dad and a grandpop living with us. but we were all right. we could always tell when things were going rough. two sets of bunches in one room. you could hear my dead when he was restless, hear the head board moving. i remember asking mom, what s wrong with dad? she said, honey, we just lost our insurance. people shouldn t have to face that
it s cheaper than the drug sold here, made here. i ve been fighting pharma, big pharma, to allow medicare to be able to negotiate prices for a long time. these pharmaceutical companies, well, we finally beat big pharma they re still going to do very well. but we got it done, to my surprise, without a single republican vote. i don t know where the heck these guys live. i really mean this it surprised me. i ve had more than a half dozen republicans i used to serve in the senate, come up to me i gave my word i would never say who they are, and i never will joe i agree with you, if i do this i ll lose the primary.
act, no senior, no matter how big the drug bills we are fighting, that there s a chance of any other serious problem. and they are spending thousands of dollars on treatment. guess what? you will not have to pay more than $2,000 a month, no matter what their beliefs. no matter what their bellies. if they need insulin, they won t have to pay more than $35 a month. i have been fighting, i have been fighting pharma for my entire career. and, we finally beat pharma! they finally beat pharma! not a single republican vote. not a single vote! well, i tell you what, the fact is that there s a lot more that we have to do. like i said, we filled 650,000 manufacturing jobs in america today.