WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:
Today, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted how Congress can support pet small businesses and their paws-itive impact on the economy by passing her bipartisan Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act (https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-empowers-small-businesses-to-revitalize-american-manufacturing).
Ernst noted that spending on pets reached a record high (https://americanpetproducts.org/industry-trends-and-stats) last year and called on the Senate to pass her legislation that would double the 7(a) and 504 loan limits from $5 million to $10 million for small manufacturers, so businesses l...