WASHINGTON – Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, released the following video to celebrate National Small Business Week. Look here.
Mr. Ernst is leading a bipartisan resolution to recognize the significant contributions of small businesses across our nation. Read the resolution here.
“America’s small businesses are hurting under the Biden administration.” said ranking member Ernst. “I’m proud to celebrate Main Street’s tireless resilience in the face of ongoing cost and regulatory challenges. I will always fight to support American entrepreneurs and jobs!”
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Ranking member Ernst has been working for many years on: Improved access For childcare, to support veteran entrepreneurs, push back Opposes the Biden administration’s risk lending regulations.
Ernst’s work with Iowa entrepreneurs includes:
- of Stop Stolen Valor for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Contractors, became law as part of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024and effectively closed the self-certification loophole among small business federal contractors owned by service-disabled veterans.
- of Small and Medium Enterprise Childcare Investment Law; It allows small nonprofit child care providers, including religiously affiliated nonprofits, to participate in Small Business Administration (SBA) financing programs to provide working families with affordable, high-quality child care. This makes childcare available.
- of proof method, This requires federal agencies to consider both the direct and indirect costs they impose on small businesses before implementing new rules and regulations.
- of score method, which one Reform SBA’s flagship mentorship program to improve the quality and quantity of mentorship provided to women entrepreneurs.
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