Congress OKs bill to aid computer chip firms, counter China


              House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joins Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., left, and Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., at an event on heart health in South Asians, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Pelosi had just finished the vote on the bipartisan chips bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
            
              House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stands with House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., after the House aligned the bipartisan chips bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United States, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
            
              House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks to her office after the House aligned the bipartisan chips bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United States, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
            
              President Joe Biden speaks virtually during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2022. Biden, who continues to recover from his coronavirus infection, spoke virtually with business executives and labor leaders to discuss the Chips Act, a proposal to bolster domestic manufacturing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Congress OKs bill to aid computer chip firms, counter China