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TUCSON, Ariz. (Cold News 13) – On the same day that President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS Act into law, one of the primary sponsors, Arizona Senator Kirsten Sinema, was on a listening tour at the U-Arizona Cancer Center.
The center is one of 53 nationwide and the only one in Arizona to be designated by the NCI as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. It is the highest award given by the National Cancer Institute.
“What the cancer center is doing here is amazing research to treat these cancers,” Sinema said. But it’s also about thinking about prevention, how to prevent some of these cancers in our communities.
It includes a 30-year study of why firefighters have higher rates of cancer.
But the $280 billion chip bill was never far from her mind. It has earmarked $50 billion to bring chip manufacturing from China to American shores, and will bring nearly a dozen technology hubs across the country, thousands of high-paying jobs and clean industry.
Sinema said she hopes one of these technology centers will be approved for Arizona.
“We have to fight for this because it’s a competitive process for one of the tech hubs in Arizona,” she said. “We’ve got people power, innovation and really ground-breaking science to make this an attractive place.”
It was a busy week at the cinema, the last of the infrastructure cuts plan, a $360 billion climate, energy and tax plan. Her vote paved the way for passage in the Senate. The bill is in Congress where it is expected to pass before reaching the president’s desk.
By stopping it, Sinema was able to get $4 billion in drought aid for the state, which relies on the Colorado River, which is at its lowest level in decades.
“In Arizona, we know we’re facing an unprecedented 12-year drought,” Sinema said.
The bill would specifically target farmers in southern Arizona who are struggling to maintain their farms and increase yields.
The money will help those farmers stay on top of water while science finds a way to help them maintain their crops while using less water.
“So this law allows us to help provide some compensation to farmers who may have their fields damaged for a short period of time,” she said. “Our job is to find innovative ways to reuse water, to find new ways to farm to be water efficient and maintain production while using less water.
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