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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a new report detailing the troubling pattern of fraud in Trump’s poorly designed, poorly executed Paycheck Protection Program. The report reveals that a whopping 3 billion taxpayer dollars may have been subjected to abuse, fraud, and waste in the program while hundreds of thousands of small businesses, many Black- and other minority-owned, have permanently shuttered.

But amid this chaos, some lawmakers at the subcommittee’s hearing downplayed the gravity of PPP fraud and misuse — even as small businesses still struggling to stay afloat head toward an even harder fall without additional aid secured.

 

 

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“Congress found that the Paycheck Protection Program was rife with fraud. The question is, what will lawmakers do about it? Trump’s poorly designed, poorly executed PPP allowed fraudsters to run away with millions while actual small businesses across the country were forced to close. Lawmakers need to ensure that the next small business relief package includes strong, enforceable transparency measures so abuse and waste don’t reach this devastating degree again.”

Kyle Herrig, president of Accountable.US

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