it helps with the student debt >>> still to come, former nec director brian deese on the state of the, researchers exploring whether obesity drugs like ozempic could help pverent cognitive decline. former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb will join us with the latest on that. stay tuned you're watching "squawk box" and this is cnbc >>> welcome back to "squawk box. billions of dollars pouring into semiconductor manufacturing here in the united states with the promise of creating thousands of jobs one of the biggest challenges so far has been the lack of talent in the workforce kristina partsinevelos joins us now with more on that. good morning >> good morning. you said billions of dollars, it is actually $231 billion that is expected to come to the chip space. as companies begin construction, expanding, they realize how difficult it is to find the talent like lab technicians that would work here. this is a clean room heading into the r&d section at wolf speed. a company like taiwan semiconductor is a prime example. they have two manufacturing hubs in arizona they publicly said they'r

voters are feeling about the economy, it's my friend and former colleague, multiple times over, brian deesethe white house economic council. brian, i have to start with the thought bottle of what you're thinking when you see republicans out there who voted against the i.r.a., who voted against the infrastructure package. those who helped negotiate, taking credit for, talking about those benefits in the district. what's the thought bubble in your head? [laughter] >> it's good to see, jen. i've always been a strong believer that good economic policy ultimately makes good politics. i think that this is going to be one of the great examples of that. what's in that top bubble to me, any day we're having a debate about who gets credit for improbable economic projects across america, it's a good day in my book. it's a good day for the country. it's a good day for the president as well. ultimately, the president went out and made a very courageous choice. he committed to fighting for this legislation, even when it seemed very hard. there is some low times over the course of the last two times on th