Arrington Leads Letter to SBA to Ensure Planned Parenthood Affiliates Return Taxpayer Dollars

Dear Friend,

This week, Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04) and I led a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) with three requests: have the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds approved for Planned Parenthood affiliates been disbursed, has the SBA asked for these funds to be returned, and if and when the SBA has or will receive the returned funds. 

"The majority of Americans strongly oppose taxpayer funded abortion. It also happens to violate the law as it relates to the PPP Program. We must enforce the laws and regulations preventing federal assistance flowing to America’s largest abortion provider, especially while families struggle to keep food on the table and their businesses afloat. These dollars must be accounted for.” To view the letter, please click here.

From the letter: 

"These loans are intended for struggling small businesses, and PPFA clearly exceeds the affiliation rules and size standards."

"We are encouraged by SBA’s letter dated May 19, 2020, to PPFA’s affiliate, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, Inc., in which SBA has notified the organization that it is ineligible for these PPP funds. We wholeheartedly support the decision to block funding to this PPFA affiliate, but we also encourage the SBA to apply the same standards to all PPFA affiliates."

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Your friend and fellow West Texan,

Jodey C. Arrington
Member of Congress