WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Adam Schiff issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jon Husted (R-Ohio), Andy Kim (D-N.J.), and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) will introduce bipartisan legislation (https://www.schiff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/HLA26771.pdf) to protect the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program that supports small and medium-sized manufacturers by improving productivity, reducing costs, accelerating technology adoption, and strengthening supply chains.
The Senator's legislation, the Defend American Manufacturing Act, requires the U.S. Department of Commerce to continue to operate the MEP program after the Department suspended funding nationwide despite its broad, longstanding b...