WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, is bringing Iowans' concerns about barriers to accessing capital in rural America to the highest levels of the Trump administration.
After leading a committee hearing featuring two Iowans (https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-stands-up-for-iowa-family-farms) and the barriers they have faced, Ernst is elevating their stories and calling on Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler to directly follow up on the Iowans' recommendations to support rural communities, remove bureaucracy in the 7(a) loan program, and modernize...