Daily Local, 4/8/2022- Pelosi appoints Houlahan to committee for America COMPETES Act

By Staff

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday announced the names of the Members of the House who will go to conference with the Senate over the House’s America COMPETES Act of 2022, and it includes U.S. House Rep. Chrissy Houlahan. America COMPETES Act of 2022 makes crucial investments in the production of semiconductor chips, strengthening supply chains, and bolstering research and development.

“Today, we take another step toward sending to the President’s desk a bipartisan, bicameral package to lower costs at home, make more goods in America and turbocharge our competitiveness in the world,” Pelosi said.  “America has long led the world in innovation and technology. Thanks to the leadership of Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, the House strengthens our preeminence with our America COMPETES Act: a data-driven, results-oriented package to lift up American families, workers and businesses.”

Said Houlahan: “As inflation continues and we look for ways to increase domestic manufacturing, I am honored to be appointed by House Leadership to serve alongside my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on the Conference Committee for the America COMPETES Act.

“I have been involved in this legislation from the beginning, working to secure our supply chains, promote opportunities in the science and technology fields, and increase support for American innovation and manufacturing so we are less dependent on China and Russia. The conference process will involve combining the COMPETES Act with the Senate’s United States Innovation and Competition Act and work out any disagreements between the two.”