Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) is calling on the Small Business Administration to explain why it forgave $67 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans to Planned Parenthood affiliates—loans that these abortion clinics should never have gotten in the first place.
In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, Tenney and her Republican colleagues told Inspector General Hannibal “Mike” Ware that the Small Business Administration “decided to forgive” 38 Paycheck Protection Program loans given “in violation of the guidelines set by Congress” to Planned Parenthood affiliates.
Those loans totaled at about $67 million, the letter said.
“Then perplexingly, your office found in its September 2022 report that Planned Parenthood affiliates are not actually affiliates of Planned Parenthood Federation of American (PPFA),” Tenney continued. “In response, we ask you to clarify how you came to this conclusion and explain to Congress how, despite PPFA’s clear methods of exerting control on their member organizations, these organizations do not qualify as affiliates.”…