Hickenlooper, Colleagues Demand Trump Admin Answer to Colorado Small Businesses After SBA Layoffs

WASHINGTON –
U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, along with eight of his  Senate colleagues,
called
on Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler to address the devastating impacts the recent and arbitrary mass firings of SBA public servants, including loan and disaster assistance staff and veterans, will have on small businesses in Colorado.
“Over the past week, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has taken unprecedented personnel actions that have gutted its civil service workforce around the country,”
the senators wrote.
“The SBA was underfunded and understaffed before President Trump took this executive action, and his continued efforts to terminate SBA employees will only lead to further disruption of critical aid and resources flowing to America’s small businesses.”
Specifically, the lawmakers demanded the SBA:
Stop arbitrary firings of career civil servants and reinstate them immediately, with backpay
Review actions to ensure any termination was lawful
Brief the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on the SBA’s recent actions and the plan on how to implement deferred resignation
Hickenlooper is a former small business owner and a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Full text of the letter is available
HERE
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