President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a San Diego, California, technology company this Friday to discuss the benefits of the law passed by Congress this summer to boost US manufacturing of semiconductors (small computer chips) and He will be accompanied by a Democratic congressman seeking re-election.
Biden will visit the facilities of the technology company Viasat, in Carlsbad, along with Congressman Mike Levin, representative of a district in the San Diego area, who is participating in a close race for re-election.
Together they will promote the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS and Science Act), which represents an investment
of 280,000 million dollars
, whose objective is to reduce dependence on foreign chips and manufacture them in the country.
The president is scheduled to give a press conference at 02:45 pm ET (Eastern time).
President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally in support of Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in San Diego.
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The CHIPS Act, signed on August 9, is one of the Government's most important legislative projects and Biden will highlight it a few days before the midterm elections, according to The Associated Press news agency.
"The United States must lead the world in the production of these advanced chips. This law will do exactly that," said the president when he announced the launch of the project at the time.
In the afternoon, Biden is scheduled to travel to Chicago to participate in the "
Get out the Vote
" political reception .
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The president will turn to this Democratic stronghold as some House members -- Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood and Bill Foster -- who represent suburban Chicago districts are expected to face
more competitive re-election battles than expected.
Vice President Kamala Harris is also expected to visit Chicago on Sunday for an event with Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who is also in a tight re-election race against Republican candidate Kathy Salvi, according to reports. reports the local newspaper The Chicago Sun Times.