Washington, DC – The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee of the Senate voted on Wednesday by a margin of 12 to 7 to advance the appointment of the choice of President Donald Trump for the administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in the Senate.
Kelly LoefflerAn eminent commercial director and philanthropist who was senator from Georgia for two years, appeared before the committee on January 28 and undertook to give his annual $ 207,500 salary to a charity.
Loeffler and her husband, Jeff, created a Fortune 500 financial service and technology company together.
“Like President Trump, Senator Loeffler has left a successful career in the private sector to advance the first program in America,” Loeffler spokesperson Caitlin O’dea told Fox News in January. “”If she was confirmed, she will continue to give her federal salary to charitable organizations and non -profit organizations across the country – and to concentrate fully on work to make small business administration a bridge to the American dream for entrepreneurs across the country. “”
Loeffler, whose net value is estimated at around $ 1 billion, previously gave his annual Senate salary of $ 174,000 between 2019 and 2021 to more than 40 charities and non -profit organizations in Georgia.
These organizations included food banks, denominational groups and organizations opposed to abortion, placement groups with host / adoption family as well as organizations producing health care, agriculture, education, ‘Application of the law and help in the event of a disaster.
Loeffler was also argued with Senator Ed Markey, D-MASS, during her confirmation audience concerning the announcement of the Trump administration that she would freeze federal funds and subsidies.
On January 27, the management and budget office published a memo which ordered a break on all federal subsidies and loans aimed at eradicating “conscience” and “the weapons of the government” to improve the efficiency of the effectiveness government.
The White House fired the memo on January 29, but the press secretary of the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said that this decision is not aimed at a “recurrence of the frost of federal funding”.
Markey asked Loeffler if she thought that this decision was legal or not, in the midst of the concerns of the members of the Congress that the Trump administration tried to bypass the congress and to retain funds.
“I fully agree with President Trump’s decision to stop unnecessary expenses,” Loeffler told Markey. “This resulted in a landslide victory that many Americans expected relief against excessive public spending.”
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The source: Fox News Digital Diana Stancy reported this story to Washington, DC