GOP Rep. Abe Hamadeh, right, told Fox News Digital that President Donald Trump's leadership is already paying dividends for the military. (Getty/Rep Abe Hamadeh)
"It’s gonna be great. And for my constituents, again, we're pushing hard to make sure that they focus on hiring Americans and veterans," he added. Hamadeh's staff met with TSMC last month, according to a news release.
The announcement comes as the president calls for the repeal of the CHIPS and Science Act, a bill that provided direct financial incentives to grow the semiconductor industry supply chain.
"Your CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing. We give hundreds of billions of dollars and it doesn’t mean a thing. They take our money and they don’t spend it," Trump said on Tuesday night.
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Then-President Joe Biden speaks about his economic agenda after touring the building site for a new computer chip plant for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company in Phoenix. (AP)
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"It was actually President Trump, Ric Grinnell, Wilbur Ross, that brought [TSMC] into the United States," Hamadeh said.
The freshman Republican lawmaker added that the president’s tariff policies, which include Mexico and Canada, will help boost American manufacturing.
"I think tariffs is excellent, because you're already seeing the results of it so quickly. These companies, they understand they could hire Americans, they could manufacture in America. Right now, there's just an incentive for them not to," he said. "And now what President Trump has removed that incentive by a lot, by imposing these tariffs. So clearly his policies are working."
The bulk of the semiconductor industry rests in Taiwan, which has raised national security concerns given the high tensions between China and the U.S. Chips play a critical role in operating everyday technology, including consumer electronics like phones and computers.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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