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Before Micron Technology announced its plans to spend up to $100 billion building a mega-complex of computer chip plants in Syracuse’s suburbs, a project that is bringing thousands of jobs to the district and tens of thousands to the state, Brandon Williams slammed the legislation that made this investment possible.
In August, Williams called the Chips and Science Act, the bipartisan legislation that made this historic investment possible, a “corporate welfare package for the profitable chip industry.”
Now, Williams is trying to act as though he would’ve supported this legislation now that voters are seeing the impact of Democrats’ work.
DCCC Spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre
“If it was up to Brandon Williams, thousands of Central New Yorkers would’ve lost out on this huge economic opportunity. He’s clearly too partisan to do what’s right for the district, and would be a disaster in Congress.”
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GOP candidate for Congress in Central NY called chip incentives ‘corporate welfare’
Syracuse.com
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Brandon Williams, the Republican nominee for Congress in Central New York, criticized the federal incentives that helped convince Micron Technology to invest up to $100 billion building computer chip plants in Onondaga County.
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In August, Williams called the Chips and Science Act passed by Congress a “corporate welfare package for the profitable chip industry.”
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He made the comment in a letter published by the Auburn Citizen that criticized Democrats and some Republicans for supporting a bill that he said would contribute to historic inflation.
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“Democrats, joined by a few ‘moderate’ Republicans, are on a spending binge for pet green projects that richly reward special interests and does little for the environment,” Williams wrote. “And a ‘modest’ $50 billion corporate welfare package for the profitable chip industry has ballooned by an additional $200 billion almost overnight!”
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Micron executives said the availability of federal grants and investment tax credits for companies to build new chip plants were a key to its decision to expand in the United States, rather than overseas.
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On Tuesday, the company committed to build a mega-complex of computer chip plants over the next 20 years at White Pine Commerce Park in the town of Clay.
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Micron said the project would create up to 9,000 jobs in what would be the largest single private investment in New York history.
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After Micron’s announcement Tuesday, Williams issued a statement praising the company’s “bold investment in our community.”
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Katko, R-Camillus, was among 24 House Republicans who defied their party leaders and helped Democrats pass the bill in July.
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