President Biden calls Ohio's new Intel semiconductor plant 'a symbol of what America is all abou
President Joe Biden calls Ohio’s new Intel semiconductor plant ‘a symbol of what America is all about’
WASHINGTON, D. C. -- President Joe Biden on Friday applauded a newly announced Intel semiconductor chip factory outside Columbus as “a truly historic investment in America and American workers,” that will help restore the industrial Midwest and “shows the world we’re always going to fight for American workers.”
“These facilities are a symbol of what America is all about,” said Biden, who was flanked by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, and both of Ohio’s U.S. Senators in front of a backdrop that said “A Future Made in America.” The group later headed to Ohio for a local announcement of the project without Biden.
“Ph.D. engineers, scientists, alongside community college graduates,” Biden continued. “People of different ages, races, backgrounds working side by side. They’re all working together to do the same thing, the most sophisticated manufacturing we have ever seen, a tiny computer chip the size of a stamp. They’re showing what I’ve always believed: There is nothing, nothing beyond our capacity as a nation.”
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Intel says it eventually plans to expand the project when it’s fully built out in 10 years. It could result in an additional $100 billion investment in Ohio that the company says would make it one of the largest semiconductor manufacturing sites in the world. Workers at the new plant will make an average of $135,000 a year, according to state officials.
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