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Congressman Gonzalez Statement on Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Running Out of Funding

Statement

Date: April 17, 2020
Location: McAllen, TX
Issues: Business and Consumers Employment and Affirmative Action

Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-15) issued a statement following the exhaustion of funds for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program:

"Republicans and Democrats need to come together and help the hardworking American people and small businesses that are suffering as a result of this pandemic. We need to pass an interim emergency funding package that replenishes funding for and guarantees eligibility and access to key Small Business Administration programs that assist farmers, family, women, minority and veteran-owned small businesses and nonprofits in rural, tribal, suburban and urban communities across our country. We also need to provide desperately needed resources to the frontlines of this crisis, including production and distribution of national rapid testing and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Now is not the time for partisan bickering."


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