Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
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Recent News About Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
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On December 19, the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a policy allowing up to 5% of a business to be owned by foreign nationals but excluded Chinese citizens from eligibility without providing much explanation.
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who chairs the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, has raised concerns from Iowa’s agricultural community about challenges in accessing capital in rural areas to the Trump administration.
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Ranking Member Edward J. Markey has issued a statement highlighting the inclusion of small business priorities in the latest appropriations package.
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Cobblestone Ballroom & Event Center in Storm Lake, Iowa, has been named Small Business of the Week by Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Chair Joni Ernst.
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Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) has issued a statement following the Trump administration’s Small Business Administration (SBA) decision to suspend over 1,000 small business contractors in the 8(a) Business Development Program.
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, has named The Coffee Grounds of Monroe County as her Small Business of the Week.
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Senators urge CFPB reconsideration of rules impacting small business anti-discrimination protections
On January 26, Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) sent a letter to Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Russell Vought.
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Throughout this session of Congress, Senator Joni Ernst, Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, is recognizing a small business in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. “For more than five decades, Z’s Pizza has been serving...
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Ranking Member Ed Markey criticized the impact of former President Donald Trump’s policies on small agricultural businesses, citing rising costs and reduced support for rural economies.
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, has named LeRette Funeral Chapel in Montgomery County as her Small Business of the Week.
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, has named Kinetic Technologies of Kossuth County as her Small Business of the Week.
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, who chairs the Senate Small Business Committee, has announced Sister’s Home Style Entrees of Humboldt County as her Small Business of the Week.
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Latimer Grocery has been named Small Business of the Week by Chair Joni Ernst as part of her ongoing initiative to recognize businesses in each of Iowa’s 99 counties.
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Senator Edward J. Markey, the Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, led a group of 18 Senate Democrats in sending a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler.
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A U.S. District Court has ruled to reinstate and provide backpay to workers at the Small Business Administration (SBA) who were dismissed earlier this year.
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Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) held a press conference with Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and two small business owners to address the financial challenges facing small businesses due to recent economic policies.
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Centerville Produce has been named Small Business of the Week by Chair Joni Ernst as part of her ongoing effort to recognize businesses across all 99 counties in Iowa. “Centerville Produce has been seeding success and feeding Appanoose County for...
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Democratic Senator Edward J. Markey, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, issued a statement after a Republican-led vote rejected a Democratic proposal aimed at reducing health care costs for small...
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During a Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) addressed concerns about fraud in taxpayer-funded programs meant to support small businesses.
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Ranking Member Edward J. Markey of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee has called for the immediate reauthorization of two key federal programs supporting small business innovation, the Small Business Innovation Research...