Remove barriers for small businesses to participate in defense innovation and expand access to testing land.

In addition, we must encourage small businesses to build, test, and scale new products and technologies by removing barriers to participation and expanding access to land for testing purposes.

Supports broader small-business participation in defense technology development.

Cisneros Leads New Dems to Lay Out National Security Approach to Restore America’s Strength, Security, and Status | Representative Gil Cisneros
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Cisneros-led New Democrat Coalition letter said small businesses should build and test new products by removing participation barriers and improving access to testing land.

This is the clearest official articulation of the claim, but it is advocacy rather than implemented policy, so it does not show delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

New Dems Lay Out National Security Approach to Restore America’s Strength, Security, and Status | New Democrat Coalition
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The House Small Business Committee held a June 3 hearing on small businesses in the defense industrial base; the committee record was updated June 4 and listed Cisneros for opening remarks.

This shows continued congressional engagement on the broader issue, but no official action implementing the promise was identified in the lookback window.

unresolved same_term A for effort

“Restoring America’s Industrial Base: The Role of Small Businesses in National Security.” | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives
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