SCHUMER: A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR UPSTATE NY & AMERICA! AFTER YEARS OF ADVOCACY, SCHUMER CELEBRATES MICRON'S GROUNDBREAKING FOR TRANSFORMATIVE $100 BILLION INVESTMENT, BUILDING THE MOST ADVANCED MEMORY CHIP FAB IN THE WORLD IN SYRACUSE & BRINGING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GOOD-PAYING JOBS TO UPSTATE NY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer issued the following press release:

After years of work to rebuild semiconductor manufacturing in America through his CHIPS & Science Law, and working relentlessly to attract Micron to New York, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today celebrated Micron's historic groundbreaking for its $100+ billion new chip fab complex, creating up to 50,000 new good-paying jobs in Upstate NY at what will be the largest and most advanced memory chip facility in America.

"Today is a historic day for Syracuse, Upstate NY, and for all of America. With the first shovels hitting the ground for Micron, and construction beginning on the largest semiconductor manufacturing facility in the country, we are ushering in the next ch...