WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) issued the following statement on the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Inspector General report highlighting potentially fraudulent activity within the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications:
“Fraud has been a continuing theme for the SBA’s EIDL program. The SBA is not outfitted with the necessary… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) issued the following statement regarding Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness:
“The Paycheck Protection Program, a forgivable loan for small businesses created by Congress with vast bipartisan support, is not the same as a student loan. PPP loans saved small businesses and the American worker when Main… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) issued the following statement in response to President Joe Biden signing legislation expanding the statute of limitations of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) fraud to 10 years:
“Fraudulent actors are robbing the American taxpayer and both pieces of legislation President Biden… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) along with all Republican Members of the House Committee on Small Business and penned a letter to Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler. This letter received support from over 91 advocacy organizations, think tanks, and companies. Below are statements of support from several of these… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican members of the House Committee on Small Business issued the following joint statement after sending a letter to the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler.
“Time and time again, Democrats always find a way to inflict damage on small businesses through unnecessary regulations. This time, Biden’s SEC is imposing a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) and Vice Ranking Member Roger Williams (R-TX) hosted a small business roundtable to discuss how rising interest rates are impacting America’s small businesses.
“Just last week we saw inflation soar to a nearly 41-year high. Inflation remains a top problem for Main Street USA. Biden’s inflation crisis impacts every aspect… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) issued the following statement following the release of the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report:
“Once again, we find ourselves experiencing another disappointing milestone in Biden’s inflation crisis. CPI at 9.1% year over year. American small businesses and families are shouldering this terrible burden – all caused… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations held a hybrid hearing on “Fintech and Transparency in Small Business Lending.”
Subcommittee Ranking Member Beth Van Duyne’s opening statement as prepared for delivery:
A little over an hour ago, the latest CPI number peaked at a whopping year-over-year increase of 9.1%. Maybe… Read more »
This joint op-ed by House Committee on Small Business Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer originally appeared in Fox Business.
If the past year and a half has shown us anything, it is that Democrats cannot govern effectively or responsibly. Their ill-advised agenda of reckless spending and radical policymaking has left American families and small businesses at a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House Committee on Small Business held a full hybrid hearing on “SBA Management Review: Office of Government Contracting and Business Development.”
Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer’s opening statement as prepared for delivery:
Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for having this important hearing with the Associate Administrator of the SBA’s Government… Read more »
