FINANCIAL TIMES, KIRAN STACEY Tom Egan is the kind of entrepreneur America needs right now. For 30 years, Mr Egan has run a company making lifts to get wheelchair users in and out of vehicles and around the home. But now he has converted his upholstery shop to make surgical masks and gowns, and his 3D printing machines to make face shields, which he is planning to sell to medical centres in New Yo... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER In the wake of a botched rollout, U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is pressing the U.S. Treasury to cut red tape for American small businesses seeking emergency COVID-19 relief from the federal government. With a Wisconsin Republican legislator and a New Jersey Democrat, she led seven additional House members in demanding that the Small Business Administration re... Read more »
WVTF, MATT LASLO Virginia lawmakers aren’t in Washington these days, but they’re working overtime to assist constituents in the midst of this coronavirus pandemic. Before making dinner for her family on Wednesday, Freshman Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger got on the phone and explained her first term in Congress has now been upended. She’s got one staff member working fulltime now on helping h... Read more »
CBS19, RIC YOUNG As the nation grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, Washington is trying to keep small businesses afloat by sending billions of dollars to local banks. But there have been problems with the Payroll Protection Program for some small business owners. The biggest complaint is that many banks are dealing only with regular customers and denying loans to new customers. Seventh Distric... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08), and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-05) today led a bipartisan effort urging the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury to improve flexibility and cut red tape for American small businesses seeking federal assistance and loan forgiveness through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection... Read more »
CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT, CLINT SCHEMMER To help students access the internet in rural communities such as Culpeper County, U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is leading colleagues to urge the House and Senate’s top foursome to enhance next coronavirus stimulus packages with money for WiFi hotspots. Spanberger wrote both parties’ leaders—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Se... Read more »
HENRICO CITIZEN U.S. Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, who represents the western half of Henrico County and Virginia’s Seventh District, joined with seven other members of the House of Representatives yesterday to issue a letter urging the U.S. Small Business Administration and Department of Treasury to improve flexibility for small businesses that are seeking federal assistance and own forgivene... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today led an effort calling for robust funding for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) E-Rate program in upcoming coronavirus emergency packages. With this investment, rural schools and libraries could extend high-speed internet access to students facing connectivity issues amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Benton Ins... Read more »
HENRICO, V.A. – U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and Kendra Horn (D-OK-05) today led an effort calling on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and U.S. Department of the Treasury to take immediate steps to encourage additional lenders to issue Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to small businesses struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The PPP—launched last Friday—i... Read more »
NBC12, RACHEL DEPOMPA For thousands of small business owners across the country and right here in Virginia, the $349 billion rescue program just isn’t working. The paycheck protection program is part of the $2 trillion federal stimulus package passed by Congress. It’s supposed to help small businesses weather this public health crisis. Businesses are supposed to be able to borrow up to $10 million... Read more »
