Arizona Democrats offered harsh feedback after President Donald Trump said he wants the legislative body to do away with the bipartisan Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act, which set aside $39 billion in grants for companies building new semiconductor manufacturing sites in the United States.

Congress passed the law in 2022, with 17 Republicans in the Senate voting for it. The law funded a new semiconductor plant from the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited in Phoenix, Arizona, prompting Democrats to defend the legislation as vital to the state’s economy.