House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., backtracked on Friday after asserting at a campaign rally in New York earlier in the day that he “probably” would move to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act if Republicans sweep Congress and the White House in next week’s elections.

Johnson sent out a press release to clarify that the CHIPS Act “is not on the agenda for repeal.”

While stumping for Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., Johnson was asked by a Syracuse University student about repealing the $280 billion bipartisan measure that was passed in 2022, given that Johnson voted against it and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump recently called it “so bad.”

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