WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans who spoke with The Epoch Times on March 6 appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump’s recent call to eliminate the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, during the president’s recent address to a joint session of Congress.
“You should get rid of the CHIPS Act, Mr. Speaker,” Trump said at his March 4 speech, addressing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
Trump said the law amounted to a giveaway to specific companies.
“We don’t have to give them money. We just want to protect our businesses and our people, and they will come because they won’t have to pay tariffs if they build in America,” he said….