WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Chris Coons issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and 26 of their Senate Democratic colleagues sent a letter demanding Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Craig Burkhardt provide clear answers to why the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been withholding and delaying congressionally-approved funds to the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program's Centers, and why the administration has repeatedly insisted MEP is inconsistent with their priorities. The MEP Program is a national network of go-to experts that help small and medium-sized manufacturers enhance produc...