Stern

Senator Stern takes Tony Stark to the tribunal in order to force him to give the Government his technology.

Iron Man 2
Senator Stern takes Tony Stark to the tribunal in order to force him to give the Government his technology, he demands that Stark to give in the Iron Man technology to the government since it is dangerous to the Public. Stark refuses, claiming that foreign nations and business competitors are years away from successfully recreating his achievements, and that the armor is in fact his own property and that it not as dangerous as the footage proves to be. Instead it was Justin Hammer who was attempting the same objective

Senator Stern presents Stark and James Rhodes with their medals for bravery after they destroy Hammer's drones and Ivan Vanko 's suit.