{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-forces-trump-administration-reverse-harmful-manufacturing-cuts", "Rep. McBride Forces Trump Administration to Reverse Harmful Manufacturing Cuts", "2025-04-15", "2025", "2025-04", "Democrat", "House", "DE", "Sarah McBride", "M001238", "mcbride.house.gov", "mcbride", "https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WILMINGTON, DE \u2014 Today, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) announced a major win for Delaware manufacturers after the Trump Administration reversed its decision to cut funding for the Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership (DEMEP) and nine other Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers nationwide.\n\nOn April 1, Rep. McBride was notified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that DEMEP would lose federal funding \u201cas a part of President Trump\u2019s program to reduce the size and cost of the federal government and to refocus agency science and technology priorities.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Trump Administration thought it could quietly dismantle this critical program\u2014but we didn\u2019t let that happen,\u201d said Rep. McBride. \u201cWithin hours of being notified, I got to work\u2014organizing support in Congress, raising awareness in Delaware, and making clear that cutting support for small and mid-sized manufacturers wasn\u2019t just misguided, it was unacceptable.\u201d\n\nIn response, Rep. McBride led a letter signed by 86 House Democrats demanding the Administration reverse course. She also worked directly with Delaware manufacturers to highlight how DEMEP supports economic growth, innovation, and job retention across the First State.\n\nToday, NIST notified Rep. McBride that it would renew funding for the affected centers through the end of the fiscal year, citing further review and ongoing evaluation of the program. Rep. McBride emphasized that while this reversal is a step in the right direction, it could only be temporary.\n\n\u201cThis funding only gets us through the end of the fiscal year,\u201d said Rep. McBride. \u201cI will keep working to ensure that support for DEMEP and MEP centers nationwide is not just restored\u2014but protected for good. Delaware\u2019s manufacturers deserve nothing less.\u201d\n\nDEMEP plays a vital role in the state\u2019s economy. Between October 2023 and September 2024, DEMEP helped generate $42.5 million in new investments, $35 million in new and retained sales, and helped retain 423 manufacturing jobs.\n\n\u201cWe are grateful to our Congressional delegation for their leadership in protecting DEMEP\u2019s federal funding for at least another six months,\u201d said Dr. Lora Johnson, chair of DEMEP\u2019s Fiduciary Board. \u201cThis welcome reprieve will ensure that DEMEP can continue to provide critical services to our state\u2019s manufacturing sector, offering support that helps our manufacturers grow sustainably, solve problems, and create jobs here in Delaware. We look forward to working with all of our elected officials to ensure that federal funding for DEMEP will continue beyond the next six months, ideally for many years to come.\u201d\n\nOne of DEMEP\u2019s success stories is SUMURI, a fast-growing digital forensics company based in Magnolia, Delaware, that provides investigative tools to law enforcement and government agencies around the world.\n\nDEMEP helped to double the business of SUMURI, helping to scale their business nationwide. \u201cWe were not optimized, we were not organized,\u201d said Steve Whalen, SUMURI co-founder. \u201cWithout DEMEP\u2019s help, we would have imploded. We\u2019re grateful to our Congresswoman for fighting for this funding \u2014 because DEMEP will continue helping small businesses across our state, just like they did for ours.\u201d\n\nRep. McBride visited SUMURI on January 31, 2025 and highlighted their innovation in a February 5, 2025 House Committee on Space, Science and Technology hearing entitled \u201cThe State of U.S. Science and Technology: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership.\u201d\n\nRead Rep. McBride\u2019s original letter HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:33:40Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mcbride-forces-trump-administration-reverse-harmful-manufacturing-cuts"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7883759681135416, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}