2024 Presidential Election Update: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris Hold Rallies as 42 Million Americans Vote Early

During a visit to a semiconductor manufacturing plant in central Michigan, Harris praised the manufacturing work there and noted the importance of staying ahead of China.

“Look, we have to win the competition in the 21st century,” she said at Hemlock Semiconductor in Saginaw. “We’re not going to let China beat us to competition in the 21st century, and that means we’re going to do the work that Corning is going to do to make these solar panels along with the work that you do. Here.”

Harris cited the CHIPS Act and the Inflation Reduction Act as ways she tried to boost America’s manufacturing power.

“I want to thank you all for what you’re doing here, it’s a great example of the vision we had—the President, I, and the Congressman—we’re going to create meaningful public investment in America’s private sector. industry through the CHIPS Act, through the Inflation Reduction Act, and we’re going to pour billions of dollars into it, knowing that if we do it, as the old saying goes, if you build it, they will come,” she said. .

Harris took the opportunity to criticize Trump for “the way he got rid of the chip law.” Trump criticized the bipartisan legislation during an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast last week.