Chris Deluzio

The Chips and Science Act, OK, good bill. I would have supported it if I were in the Congress. You got to move fast. It can't take years and years and years to get stuff done. Same with the IRA, right? Getting money out to build, say, the EV charging infrastructure can't take a decade.

The Chips and Science Act, OK, good bill. I would have supported it if I were in the Congress. You got to move fast. It can't take years and years and years to get stuff done. Same with the IRA, right? Getting money out to build, say, the EV charging infrastructure can't take a decade.

So there is something to be said for speed and actually getting the government to accomplish things, especially as you're trying to attract private investment to act here.

So there is something to be said for speed and actually getting the government to accomplish things, especially as you're trying to attract private investment to act here.

So there is something to be said for speed and actually getting the government to accomplish things, especially as you're trying to attract private investment to act here.

That's number of jobs rather than like share of the economy. And so there are some productivity gains baked into that. It's also, you know, NAFTA was not the beginning of different trade policies in this country. The steel industry collapsed in the mid 80s in western Pennsylvania. That's before NAFTA. But we still had pressure from, say, Japan before that.

That's number of jobs rather than like share of the economy. And so there are some productivity gains baked into that. It's also, you know, NAFTA was not the beginning of different trade policies in this country. The steel industry collapsed in the mid 80s in western Pennsylvania. That's before NAFTA. But we still had pressure from, say, Japan before that.

That's number of jobs rather than like share of the economy. And so there are some productivity gains baked into that. It's also, you know, NAFTA was not the beginning of different trade policies in this country. The steel industry collapsed in the mid 80s in western Pennsylvania. That's before NAFTA. But we still had pressure from, say, Japan before that.

We had pressure domestically where, you know, the South was basically guaranteeing these companies they'll never be a union here. Bring your factory to Arkansas or Alabama. So we had domestic pressure against the Rust Belt for a while. And we did have industries take a real gut punch post-NAFTA, automotive, glass manufacturing, some others.

We had pressure domestically where, you know, the South was basically guaranteeing these companies they'll never be a union here. Bring your factory to Arkansas or Alabama. So we had domestic pressure against the Rust Belt for a while. And we did have industries take a real gut punch post-NAFTA, automotive, glass manufacturing, some others.

We had pressure domestically where, you know, the South was basically guaranteeing these companies they'll never be a union here. Bring your factory to Arkansas or Alabama. So we had domestic pressure against the Rust Belt for a while. And we did have industries take a real gut punch post-NAFTA, automotive, glass manufacturing, some others.

But again, if trade makes sense with our allies on fair terms, absolutely. That has gone too far that we can no longer produce the things we need even for our basic defense industry. You know, the Chips and Science Act wasn't just some academic thing. We essentially allowed the Communist Chinese Party to dominate global manufacturing of semiconductor chips. That's a major problem.

But again, if trade makes sense with our allies on fair terms, absolutely. That has gone too far that we can no longer produce the things we need even for our basic defense industry. You know, the Chips and Science Act wasn't just some academic thing. We essentially allowed the Communist Chinese Party to dominate global manufacturing of semiconductor chips. That's a major problem.

But again, if trade makes sense with our allies on fair terms, absolutely. That has gone too far that we can no longer produce the things we need even for our basic defense industry. You know, the Chips and Science Act wasn't just some academic thing. We essentially allowed the Communist Chinese Party to dominate global manufacturing of semiconductor chips. That's a major problem.

And so I think there have been excesses here. And I'll take you back to parts of my district. Right. We could drive along the Allegheny and Ohio rivers and go through the glass factory and steel mill towns and see what was left when, say, a J&L steel and oil equipment went from more than 10,000 jobs to zero. I mean, it is real devastation and pain that comes to communities when this happens.

And so I think there have been excesses here. And I'll take you back to parts of my district. Right. We could drive along the Allegheny and Ohio rivers and go through the glass factory and steel mill towns and see what was left when, say, a J&L steel and oil equipment went from more than 10,000 jobs to zero. I mean, it is real devastation and pain that comes to communities when this happens.

And so I think there have been excesses here. And I'll take you back to parts of my district. Right. We could drive along the Allegheny and Ohio rivers and go through the glass factory and steel mill towns and see what was left when, say, a J&L steel and oil equipment went from more than 10,000 jobs to zero. I mean, it is real devastation and pain that comes to communities when this happens.

I think the bargain may have worked out in some parts of the country. It has not been a good bargain for a town like Aliquippa to go from, again, 10,000 plus union steelworker jobs at J&L to, you know, now you got some cheaper stuff at Walmart. It's not been a good bargain for lots of people.

I think the bargain may have worked out in some parts of the country. It has not been a good bargain for a town like Aliquippa to go from, again, 10,000 plus union steelworker jobs at J&L to, you know, now you got some cheaper stuff at Walmart. It's not been a good bargain for lots of people.

I think the bargain may have worked out in some parts of the country. It has not been a good bargain for a town like Aliquippa to go from, again, 10,000 plus union steelworker jobs at J&L to, you know, now you got some cheaper stuff at Walmart. It's not been a good bargain for lots of people.