Joni Ernst and Ed Markey are split over extending deadlines to pursue fraud in restaurant relief and the Shuttered Venue ...
A bill U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst wrote to expose public projects that are way over budget was approved by the Senate last week. The Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act requires that any taxpayer-funded project ...
Joni Ernst, chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, sent letters to 22 federal agencies saying the no-bid contracts ...
U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have issued statements on the ‘ISIS terrorist attack,’ taking ...
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is the lead sponsor on a GOP bill aimed at making health care more affordable, without extending ACA subsidies.
Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst backed a GOP plan built around expanded HSAs, opposing an extension of enhanced ACA ...
Nearly two dozen U.S. senators urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a letter, to "prioritize" a vaccine strategy for ...
A tractor trailer crash has closed the westbound lanes of I-64 near Huntington.According to Cabell County Dispatch, the semi ...
Iowa, discusses the tragic D.C. National Guard shooting and emphasizes the need for thorough vetting of Afghan nationals on ...
Ernst calls for a pause on 8(a) contracts as the SBA demands financial records from all firms, escalating scrutiny of the ...
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SBIR Reform Should Build Launchpads, Not Lifelines

SBIR reform should be judged by one question: does it turn grants into a launchpad toward real markets and customers, or lock firms into permanent, grant-dependent life support?