Today, Taiwan Semiconductor is announcing that they will be investing at least $100 billion

in new capital in the United States over the next short period of time to build state-of-the-art

semiconductor manufacturing facilities.

I think mostly it's going to be in Arizona,

which is what I understand, which is a great state. I like it because I want it. But I won

most of them, actually. But I did, we won it, and we won it big. The most powerful AI chips

in the world will be made right here in America, and it'll be a

big percentage of the chips made by his company, but as you know, they're based mostly in Taiwan,

and they're far and away the biggest.

There's nobody even close.

This $100 billion in new investment will go into building five cutting-edge fabrication facilities

in the great state that we just discussed, Arizona, and will create thousands of jobs, many thousands

of jobs, and the high-paying jobs. In total, today's announcement brings Taiwan semiconductor

investments to about 165 billion they've started already.

Welcome. I guess we're not going to have a show open, but that's okay. I'm always alert.

Thank you. The second hour, Monday, 3 March, Year of Our Lord, 2025.

Congressman Andy Biggs joins us.

Congressman, we had this massive announcement day from Taiwan Semiconductor,

the leading advanced chip design company in the world.

$100 billion spent, I believe, over four years in the great state of Arizona,

and I think they've already committed $65 billion up to that. Talk to me about how important this is for the state of Arizona,

sir. Well, it's a massive investment for the state of Arizona, and Steve, you're right. They already

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