Senator Ted Cruz talks CHIPS Act, semiconductor plans with Wilco

  • Senator Ted Cruz, center, gives a speech about the CHIPS Act during a press conference at the Texas A&M Health Science Center in Round Rock on January 4. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.
    Senator Ted Cruz, center, gives a speech about the CHIPS Act during a press conference at the Texas A&M Health Science Center in Round Rock on January 4. Photo by Nalani Nuylan.

    Senator Ted Cruz held a roundtable discussion and press conference Thursday, January 4 about semiconductors at the Texas A&M Health Science Center in Round Rock. 

    Joined by Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell, the senator spoke about how the U.S. CHIPS Act will better Texas and the U.S. semiconductor industry. 

    CHIPS — short for Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors — …