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Ed Markey: “Yes, and on the Small Business Innovation Research program, of which Massachusetts has received tens of thousands of…”

On the recordApril 26, 2022
Yes, and on the Small Business Innovation Research program, of which Massachusetts has received tens of thousands of these grants and created hundreds and hundreds of thousands of jobs in our tech community, I am very worried that we are staring down a disaster with the program's expiration in just a few short months.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey expresses concern over the expiration of the Small Business Innovation Research program.

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