PETERS, SLOTKIN, WALBERG, AND HUIZENGA CALL ON SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TO APPROVE DISASTER DECLARATION TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN TORNADOES

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Gary Peters issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), alongside U.S. Representatives Tim Walberg (R-MI-05) and Bill Huizenga (R-MI-04), are urging the Small Business Administration (SBA) to support Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's request for an administrative disaster declaration following the devastating tornadoes in Southwest Michigan this past March.

The tornadoes claimed the lives of four Michiganders and caused widespread destruction to hundreds of homes and businesses across Branch, Cass, and St. Joseph counties. In the immediate aftermath, affected communities have face...