WATCH: Davids Votes to Strengthen Supply Chains, Lower Costs, and Support American Manufacturing

Today, Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering costs for Kansas families and making more goods in America. The CHIPS and Science Act is a major investment in domestic semiconductor chip manufacturing and includes support for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, a Davids-led priority to ensure funding is distributed beyond large corporations. The bill now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law.

Davids served alongside Senator Jerry Moran as a key negotiator for the major economic package known as the America COMPETES Act, aimed at strengthening supply chains, reducing inflation, and increasing America's global competitiveness. The bill passed today serves as a bipartisan compromise stemming from that negotiation.

"Chips are essential components of many things Kansans use daily, from cars to computers to medical devices, and the shortage has been driving up prices across industries," said Davids. "While this bill is not perfect, it includes many priorities I've long supported and is a huge step towards fixing our supply chains, creating good-paying jobs, tackling inflation, and improving America's competitiveness against countries like China. As a negotiator of this bill, I've been working to promote domestic manufacturing for months, and while I celebrate this major, bipartisan win today, I will get right back to work tomorrow."

WATCH: Davids speaks about the impact of this investment in domestic manufacturing and innovation.

Semiconductors, or chips, are necessary components of many everyday items including cars, smartphones, and medical devices, but only 12 percent are currently manufactured domestically - down from 37 percent in the 1990s. In recent months, Davids spoke with local businesses about how the recent chips shortage affects their daily operations. She visited Cherub Medical Supplies, a Shawnee-based supplier of pediatric medical devices, that grappled with long delays. She also toured the local General Motors Fairfax Assembly & Stamping Plant, which idled for several months last year due to the shortage, forcing their 2,000 workers to stay home.

The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act:

• Lowers costs for American consumers – by making more critical semiconductor components in America, helping end the shortage of chips that have driven up the price of everything from cars to consumer goods.
• Creates 100,000 new, good-paying jobs nationwide – supporting local workforce development.
• Ends America's dependence on foreign manufacturers – bringing critical semiconductor manufacturing back home.
• Turbocharges American research and development – ensuring that the technologies of the future are made here at home.

Rep. Sharice Davids speaks with Cherub Medical Supply Director of Operations Sam Cress.

Davids has been working to reduce global supply chain issues and lower costs for businesses and consumers. She introduced the SUPPLIES Act, which would create a $100 million grant program for small and medium manufacturers that shift their production to make PPE and testing supplies during future public health emergencies. It would also prioritize manufacturing these supplies domestically, reducing our country's dependence on foreign countries for medical supplies and eliminating price gouging of life-saving materials.