Vice President Kamala Harris damned speaker of parliament mike johnson (R-La.) following his comment Saturday that the GOP might consider repealing CHIPS and the Science Act if they maintain control of Congress.

“I want to address comments made recently by the speaker of the House,” Harris told reporters in Milwaukee. According to NBC News. “This is just further evidence of everything I’ve been talking about for months, (former President Donald) Trump’s intent to implement Project 2025.”

Johnson spent the week before the election announcing his intention to undermine the popular legislation next year. Johnson said Friday while attending an event in New York with Rep. Brandon Williams (R-Y), whose seat is vulnerable. He asked if Republicans will seek to repeal the CHIPS Act, a bipartisan manufacturing and jobs bill that President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022.

“I think we’ll probably do that,” Johnson said.

This put Williams in the awkward position of standing next to Johnson and disagreeing with him. “The CHIPS Act is extremely effective here,” Williams said, promising to remind Johnson of the law’s importance “day and night.”

Johnson later walked back his comment, saying in a statement: “As I have further explained and clarified, I fully support Micron coming to Central NY, and repeal of the CHIPS Act is not on the agenda. On the contrary, it is the true intent of the bill, which is costly regulations and Green “There may be legislation that would further streamline and improve to eliminate New Deal requirements.”

Williams said in a statement that Johnson apologized and said he “misheard the question.”

The CHIPS and Science Act, enacted in 2022, “establishes and provides for the Creating Beneficial Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America (CHIPS) Fund to carry out activities related to establishing incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in the United States.” summary. The Department of Commerce states that to date the ACT has added $53 billion in semiconductors, $30 billion in private sector investment, 16 new semiconductor factories and more than 100,000 new manufacturing and construction jobs.

Earlier this week Johnson said: Wants to repeal the Affordable Care ActThe Obama-era healthcare law, which Trump and Republicans have been trying to repeal for years, has no plans to replace it. “There is no Obamacare,” Johnson said. “The ACA is so deeply ingrained that we need major reform to make it work, and we have lots of ideas on how to do it.”

Trump tried to distance himself from Johnson’s comments, but the House Speaker later tried to walk back on the comment. claims He said when he said the ACA was “deeply entrenched,” he meant it should remain that way.

Democrats are attacking Johnson and Republicans for their plans to repeal both popular pieces of legislation. On Saturday, Harris continued to criticize Johnson’s comment about the potential repeal of the CHIPS Act, saying she was only withdrawing her initial statement “because it wasn’t popular and their agenda was unpopular.”

“That’s why thousands, tens of thousands of people are showing up to talk about an agenda that’s actually focused on lifting them up,” he added.