Washington, Sept. 29 -- Representative Norma J. Torres issued the following press release:
Today, Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35), a member of the House Appropriations Committee and longtime advocate for manufacturing jobs in the Inland Empire, called on the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to immediately restore California's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Center after the state was left without federal MEP funding for the second year in a row.
MEP centers play a critical role in helping manufacturers secure their supply chains, expand connections with domestic suppliers, and develop their workforces by creating good-paying, high skill jobs. California has not had an active MEP C...