“We’re going to make sure that any company that uses federal research and development funding to invest in new technologies has to make the product in America,” Mr. Biden said to applause, adding later: “It matters. This is about economic security, folks. It’s about national security. It’s about good-paying jobs you can raise a family on.”
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Administration officials hope that the bill’s bipartisan support, coupled with a windfall of pledged investment from large technology companies, is the sort of accomplishment that could appeal to voters ahead of the midterms. Seventeen Republicans voted for the bill in the Senate, while 24 Republicans supported it in the House.
At one point, Mr. Biden, citing news reports, accused the Chinese government of lobbying in Congress against the law. “The Chinese Communist Party actively lobbied against the CHIPS and Science Act that I’d been pushing in the United States Congress,” Mr. Biden said. “Unfortunately, some of our friends on the other team bought it.”
Representative Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, the chairman of House Democrats’ campaign arm, accompanied the president on his trip, as did Paul Tonko, and Pat Ryan, two Democratic congressmen from New York. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, greeted Mr. Biden when he arrived in New York.
Mr. Biden’s visit was also meant to bolster the fortunes of two Democrats facing tight races in next month’s elections. Mr. Maloney is facing a challenge from Assemblyman Michael Lawler in his district, which includes the Hudson Valley.
Mr. Ryan, who won a special House election in August, is in a tight race against Assemblyman Colin Schmitt of New Windsor for the swing-district seat. The special election was seen as a potential test of the impact that June’s Supreme Court decision that ended the constitutional right to abortion might have on the midterm elections.
After leaving Poughkeepsie, Mr. Biden traveled to Red Bank, N.J., to participate in a reception for the Democratic National Committee. On Thursday evening, he attended another reception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
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