WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, are building on their efforts to prevent the Pentagon from contracting with consulting firms that simultaneously advise the United States, Russia, China, and other countries of concern.

The consulting firm McKinsey & Company has been awarded federal government consulting contracts while working for Chinese (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/mckinsey-worked-chinese-government-assurances-us-senator-document-indi-rcna9053) and Russian (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/consulting-firm-mckinsey-co-advised-state-owned-russian-de...