Committee Republicans Push Partisan SBA Agenda While Small Businesses Get Left Behind (April 30, 2025)

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An April 30, 2025 announcement from committee Democrats that Republicans on the House Small Business Committee pushed through a slate of bills at a markup. It states that Republicans advanced seven bills that have not received any hearing, testimony, or basic vetting. It says committee Democrats called on SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler to testify before Congress about mass firings, funding freezes, and changes to critical lending programs. It adds that Democratic members offered amendments to increase transparency, protect small business borrowers, and demand accountability at SBA, and that Republicans voted them all down.

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Committee Republicans Push Partisan SBA Agenda While Small Businesses Get Left Behind
Source(print): https://democrats-smallbusiness.house.gov/news/documentprint.aspx?DocumentID=4994

Committee Republicans Push Partisan SBA Agenda While Small Businesses Get Left Behind 

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 Committee Republicans Push Partisan SBA Agenda While Small Businesses Get Left Behind 

 Washington ,
 April 30, 2025 
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 WASHINGTON – Today, Republicans on the House Small Business Committee pushed through a slate of controversial, unvetted bills that ignore the real challenges facing entrepreneurs and small firms. 
  
While small businesses struggle with rising prices and the fallout from Trump’s reckless tariff policies, Republicans advanced seven bills that have not received any hearing, testimony, or basic vetting. 
  
During the markup, committee Democrats called on SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler to testify before Congress and answer for mass firings, funding freezes, and changes to critical lending programs as the administration continues to stonewall oversight efforts. 
  
Democratic members offered amendments to increase transparency, protect small business borrowers, and demand accountability at SBA. Republicans voted them all down. 
  
Read Ranking Member Nydia M. Velázquez’s opening statement on the markup here . 
  
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