Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
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Recent News About Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
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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.
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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.