{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases/bonamici-helps-send-bill-president-s-desk-strengthen-semiconductor", "Bonamici Helps Send Bill to President\u2019s Desk to Strengthen Semiconductor Manufacturing, Grow Economy", "2022-07-28", "2022", "2022-07", "Democrat", "House", "OR", "Suzanne Bonamici", "B001278", "bonamici.house.gov", "bonamici", "https://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC [7/28/22] \u2013 Today Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) joined the House in passing historic bipartisan legislation to invest in U.S. economic competitiveness by strengthening the nation's scientific enterprise and supply chains. The bill has already passed the Senate.\n\nThe bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act will support domestic semiconductor manufacturing, accelerate research and development, create good-paying jobs, lower costs for consumers, and boost workforce education and training. It contains Bonamici's legislation to address the effects of the climate crisis on the ocean and promote STEAM education.\n\nBonamici spoke in favor of the legislation on the House floor. Video can be viewed here.\n\n\"The pandemic has underscored how important our domestic semiconductor supply chain is to transportation, the energy sector, national security, and scientific advancement,\" Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici said on the House floor. \"With this bill, we'll make a vital investment in domestic manufacturing and in workers in Oregon and across the country.\"\n\n\"The CHIPS and Science Act will grow U.S. leadership, strengthen our scientific enterprise, bolster research and development, grow our domestic semiconductor manufacturing base, and onshore critical supply chains. Importantly, it will also support workers and create many quality jobs in Oregon and across the country.\"\n\nIncluded in the CHIPS and Science Act is Bonamici's bipartisan Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act and Building STEAM Education Act. It also includes a provision to advance regional clean energy innovation similar to Bonamici's Regional Clean Energy Innovation Act.\n\nThe Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act will:\n\nProtect ocean health and provide resources to coastal communities to mitigate the effects of ocean acidification,\n\nStrengthen investments in research and monitoring, and\n\nIncrease our understanding of the socioeconomic consequences of inaction.\n\nThe Building STEAM Education Act will:\n\nPromote the integration of arts and design in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curriculum to promote creativity and innovation,\n\nEncourage partnerships between higher education and elementary and secondary institutions to develop STEAM curriculum, and\n\nOpen up grants for informal, out-of-school STEAM programs.\n\nThe provisions similar to the Regional Clean Energy Innovation Act will:\n\nImprove American competitiveness in clean energy technology research and development,\n\nFoster regional collaboration to accelerate the deployment of clean energy, and\n\nPromote economic and workforce development in diverse geographic areas of the country as regions transition to clean energy.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T02:49:02Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://bonamici.house.gov/media/press-releases/bonamici-helps-send-bill-president-s-desk-strengthen-semiconductor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9321947582066059, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}