By Office of Sen. John Kennedy WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, joined Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and other Republican committee members in urging Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Guzman to investigate Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s unlawful participation in the Paycheck Protection Program. The senators originally asked Guzman to investigate this issue in April, yet SBA has continued to approve additional PPP loans to PPFA affiliates. “In fact, since our April 15 letter to you, SBA approved PPP loans for at least two additional PPFA affiliates according to the most recent public data posted to the Agency’s website. This includes a $10 million dollar loan, the maximum loan amount, to a PPFA affiliate just last week. This is unacceptable. As members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, we expect transparency and cooperation with requests for information from your agency,” wrote the senators. The senators renewed and expanded their April 15 call for an investigation into PPFA affiliates’ PPP loans, requesting the following information: A detailed explanation of how two PPFA affiliates were approved … [Read more...]