WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:
Today, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Senator Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) major reforms to better safeguard and steward our nation's research and development dollars in the SBIR-STTR programs.
Even though the SBIR-STTR programs are supposed to be America's seed fund for small businesses, Ernst has exposed (https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/-ernst-exposes-concerning-ties-to-china-in-critical-defense-program) how they have prioritized (https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/democrats-block-ernst-effort-to-safeguard-critical-technology-from-chinese-espionage) a few large c...