North Carolina Rep. Ted Budd, who is running for one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats, voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, but acknowledged that it was bringing technology jobs to the voters he hopes to represent.

The $280 billion law includes $52 billion to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing.

‘Under President Biden’s leadership, we are once again making things in America,’ Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement announcing the new plan.