Letter to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman on Document Preservation During the Transition — House of Representatives, November 12, 2024

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A letter dated November 12, 2024, on House of Representatives letterhead, to the Honorable Isabel Guzman, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The signature block names Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, Steve Scalise, Majority Leader, and a list of committee chairs that includes Roger Williams, Chairman, Committee on Small Business. The letter says that during the transition the Administrator must comply with all statutory record retention requirements, including but not limited to the Federal Records Act, and directs that all necessary steps be taken to preserve relevant Department documents and communications. It states that House Committees will continue to seek compliance with many subpoenas and may reissue certain subpoenas as the 119th Congress begins.

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                            Congress of the United States
                                   House of Representatives
                                     Washington, D.C. 20515
                                             November 12, 2024
The Honorable Isabel Guzman
Administrator
U.S. Small Business Administration
409 Third Street, SW, Suite 7900
Washington, DC 20416-2230
Dear Administrator Guzman:

        As we begin preparation for a new Trump Administration and new Congress, we fully
expect your cooperation in a smooth transition of power. To that end, it is imperative that during
the transition you comply with all statutory record retention requirements, including but not
limited to the Federal Records Act. In addition to compliance with federal record retention laws,
we are also expressly directing that all necessary steps be taken to preserve relevant Department
documents and communications.

        During the 118th Congress, House Committees conducted robust oversight concerning
the Biden-Harris Administration’s disastrous border policies, tragic Afghanistan withdrawal,
collusion with social media companies to suppress free speech, and weaponization of federal
agencies against its political opponents, as well as the antisemitism at our nation’s universities
enabled by leading Democrats.1

        In the waning days of this Congress, House Committees will continue to seek compliance
with many of the subpoenas with which you largely declined to cooperate. Likewise, as the 119th
Congress begins, the Committees may determine that it is necessary to reissue certain subpoenas
as they continue with their oversight efforts.

         Thank you in advance for your compliance with this request.

         Sincerely,




    Mike Johnson                                            Steve Scalise
    Speaker of the House                                    Majority Leader

1
 House Homeland Security Committee Staff Report, Crisis by Design: A Comprehensive Look at the Biden-Harris
Administration’s Unprecedented Border Crisis (Sept. 18, 2023); House Foreign Affairs Committee Staff Report,
Willful Blindness: Assessment of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Chaos that
Followed (Sept. 24, 2024); House Judiciary Committee Staff Report, The Censorship Industrial Complex: How Top
Biden White House Officials Coerced Big Tech to Censor Americans, True Information, and Critics of the Biden
Administration (May 1, 2024); House Education and Workforce Committee Staff Report, Antisemitism on College
Campuses Exposed (Oct. 31, 2024).
Tom Emmer                                 Elise Stefanik
Majority Whip                             Chairwoman, Republican Conference




Glenn “GT” Thompson                       Tom Cole
Chairman, Committee on Agriculture        Chairman, Committee on Appropriations




Mike Rogers                               Jodey C. Arrington
Chairman, Committee on Armed Services     Chairman, Committee on the Budget




Virginia Foxx                             Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Chairwoman, Education and the Workforce   Chairwoman, Committee on Energy and
Committee                                 Commerce




Michael Guest                             Patrick McHenry
Chairman, Committee on Ethics             Chairman, Committee on Financial Services




Michael T. McCaul                         Mark E. Green
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs    Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security




Bryan Steil                               Jim Jordan
Chairman, Committee on House              Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
Administration
Bruce Westerman                            James Comer
Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources   Chairman, Committee on Oversight and
                                           Accountability




Michael C. Burgess, M.D.                   Frank Lucas
Chairman, Committee on Rules               Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, And
                                           Technology




Roger Williams                             Sam Graves
Chairman, Committee on Small Business      Chairman, Committee on Transportation and
                                           Infrastructure




Mike Bost                                  Jason Smith
Chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs   Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means



Michael R. Turner
Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on    John Moolenaar
Intelligence                               Chairman, House Select Committee on the CCP


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