Nine Governors Press US Lawmakers to Pass Semiconductor Funding Bill

Newly manufactured Ford Motor Co. F-150 pick-up trucks are seen waiting for missing parts in Dearborn, Mich., on March 29, 2021. Rebecca Cook/Reuters

A bipartisan group of governors from nine states sent a letter on Wednesday to U.S. lawmakers urging them to pass subsidies for semiconductor factories that would produce chips for cars.

The governors, who include Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, called on Congress to pass the $52 billion CHIPS Act, which would set aside $2 billion for the kind of older-technology chips of which there is a deep shortage in the automotive industry.