Ernst Celebrates National Small Business Week

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, released the following video to celebrate National Small Business Week.  Watch here.

Ernst is leading a bipartisan resolution to recognize the integral contributions of small businesses across our country. Read the resolution here.

“America’s small businesses are hurting under the Biden administration,” said Ranking Member Ernst. “I’m proud to honor Main Street’s unrelenting resilience in the face of ongoing cost and regulatory challenges. I will always fight to support American entrepreneurs and jobs!”

Background:

Ranking Member Ernst has long been committed to improving access to child care, supporting veteran entrepreneurs, and pushing back against the Biden administration’s risky lending rules.

Ernst’s work for Iowa’s entrepreneurs includes:

• The Stop Stolen Valor for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Contractors Act, which became law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2024, and effectively closed a loophole of self-certification among service-disabled veteran-owned small business federal contractors.
• The Small Business Child Care Investment Act, which increases the availability of affordable, high-quality child care for working families by allowing small, nonprofit child care providers, including religiously-affiliated nonprofits, to participate in Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs.
• The Prove It Act, which would require federal agencies to consider both the direct and indirect costs they would impose on small businesses before implementing a new rule or regulation.
• The SCORE Act, which would reform SBA’s flagship mentorship program, improving the quality and quantity of mentorship offered to female entrepreneurs.

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