Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
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Recent News About Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
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Sunset Scoops, an ice cream shop in downtown Harlan, has been named Small Business of the Week by Chair Joni Ernst.
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Senator Edward J. Markey, the ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, has introduced legislation aimed at supporting small businesses affected by federal immigration enforcement actions.
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Senator Joni Ernst, chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, has called for greater accountability in response to widespread fraud in the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) COVID relief programs.
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At a Senate Small Business Committee hearing titled “From Fraud to Recovery: Restoring Integrity in Small Business Programs,” Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) criticized the Trump administration for what he described as partisan...
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Ranking Member Edward J. Markey, House Small Business Committee Ranking Member Nydia Velázquez, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano Espaillat, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus...
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Dayton Meat Products has been named Small Business of the Week by Chair Joni Ernst of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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Ranking Member Edward J. Markey, along with Senators Ron Wyden and Jeanne Shaheen, introduced legislation that would require the federal government to refund tariffs collected under former President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Following the Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down tariffs implemented during the Trump administration, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, held a virtual press...
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Small businesses in the United States have paid over $70 billion in tariffs from March to December 2025, with Massachusetts small businesses contributing an estimated $734 million during that period.
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Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) has introduced the Strengthening Place-based Access, Resources, and Knowledge (SPARK) Act in Congress.
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Chair Joni Ernst has recognized Heart ‘n Home as the Small Business of the Week for Pocahontas County, Iowa.
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Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) has released a report outlining the impact of what he calls President Donald Trump’s “affordability crisis” on small businesses and working families in the United States.
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Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) held a hearing in Roxbury, Massachusetts, focusing on how entrepreneurship can help reduce the racial wealth gap.
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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.