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Senators press nominee on Commerce program funding, MEP renewals, tech hubs and contracting backlog
Summary
Senators pressed the Commerce nominee on whether the department will keep funding commitments to tech hubs, renew Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers and fix a contracting backlog that is putting NOAA operations at risk.
Several senators used the confirmation hearing to press Paul DeBarr on program funding across the Department of Commerce, including concerns about the Economic Development Administration (EDA), nonrenewal notices for Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers, technology hub commitments under the CHIPS and Science Act, and a reported contracting backlog in Commerce that threatens operations at NOAA and other bureaus.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others told the nominee that bipartisan efforts in recent Congresses codified and funded tech hubs and MBDA functions and warned that the…
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