The United States is the world leader in innovation. But America’s adversaries are seeking to both pirate and profit from this innate advantage. A new piece of legislation, the Chip Security Act, ensures that the U.S. will retain its cutting edge. The act deserves broad and bipartisan support.

Semiconductors are foundational to national security. They power everything from advanced defense systems to critical infrastructure to artificial intelligence and beyond. Advanced microelectronics are critical to missiles, stealth aircraft, and AI-driven defense. In short, semiconductors undergird the machines and systems that protect the American people, both in war and in peacetime. 

They are also, of course, at the center of the modern economy. As the foundational “brains” of modern electronics, semiconductors are at the forefront of emerging technologies and are increasingly the backbone of industries and whole sectors of the economy, from manufacturing to healthcare and everything in between.

The U.S. has been a leader in the creation and development of semiconductor........

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