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Business Upturn
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Upturn
Administrator Loeffler Applauds House Passage of 'Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act'
By GlobeNewswire Published on June 6, 2025, 03:45 IST WASHINGTON, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives' bipartisan passage of H.R. 2931, the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025, which will support the agency's decision to relocate SBA field offices out of sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to comply with federal immigration law. 'By harboring criminal illegal aliens, sanctuary cities jeopardize both the lives of American citizens and the livelihoods of our small businesses — which is exactly why the SBA is moving our field offices out of these lawless jurisdictions and into safer, more accessible communities that comply with federal law,' said Administrator Loeffler. 'This Administration is committed to ending the illegal invasion of our nation – and I am grateful for the bipartisan group of House lawmakers who voted in support of that agenda by passing the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025.' In March, the SBA announced it would relocate six of its regional offices out of sanctuary cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York City, and Seattle. This decision was undertaken not only in support of President Donald J. Trump's Executive Order 14218 ending the taxpayer subsidization of open borders, but also as part of SBA's commitment to relocating field offices to safer, less costly, and more accessible communities. Under the leadership of Administrator Loeffler, the SBA has taken numerous steps to put American citizens first. Earlier this year, the agency announced it would require SBA loan applications to include a citizenship verification provision to ensure only legal, eligible applicants have access to taxpayer-funded SBA loan programs. Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same. GlobeNewswire provides press release distribution services globally, with substantial operations in North America and Europe.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Administrator Loeffler Applauds House Passage of 'Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act'
H.R.2931 supports SBA decision to relocate field offices out of sanctuary jurisdictions WASHINGTON, June 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives' bipartisan passage of H.R. 2931, the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025, which will support the agency's decision to relocate SBA field offices out of sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to comply with federal immigration law. 'By harboring criminal illegal aliens, sanctuary cities jeopardize both the lives of American citizens and the livelihoods of our small businesses — which is exactly why the SBA is moving our field offices out of these lawless jurisdictions and into safer, more accessible communities that comply with federal law,' said Administrator Loeffler. 'This Administration is committed to ending the illegal invasion of our nation – and I am grateful for the bipartisan group of House lawmakers who voted in support of that agenda by passing the Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025.' In March, the SBA announced it would relocate six of its regional offices out of sanctuary cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York City, and Seattle. This decision was undertaken not only in support of President Donald J. Trump's Executive Order 14218 ending the taxpayer subsidization of open borders, but also as part of SBA's commitment to relocating field offices to safer, less costly, and more accessible communities. Under the leadership of Administrator Loeffler, the SBA has taken numerous steps to put American citizens first. Earlier this year, the agency announced it would require SBA loan applications to include a citizenship verification provision to ensure only legal, eligible applicants have access to taxpayer-funded SBA loan programs. CONTACT: SBA HQ Press Team U.S. Small Business Administration press_office@ in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Secretary Rollins shares her '100 days' accomplishments
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – With the Trump Administration marking its 100 days, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins decided to share her accomplishments. She says the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has worked to support American farmers and ranchers on the southern border, hold Mexico accountable to the agreements it has made with the United States and 'ensure' illegal immigrants do not receive federal benefits. 'President Trump has reversed the status quo on immigration policy. He is fighting to secure the border and hold countries like Mexico accountable for years of mistreatment against the United States. Farmers and ranchers along the southern border have been on the frontlines of Mexico's unfair policies, and at USDA, I have been at the negotiating table tirelessly advocating for American agriculture. I am putting Farmers First—not illegal immigrants,' said Secretary Rollins. Dairy industry pledges to remove artificial colors in school meals Sec. Rollins has announced Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services John Walk issued guidance to all state agencies directing them to ensure that illegal immigrants do not receive federal benefits. The guidance requires enhanced identity and immigration verification practices when determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and is one of many steps toward fulfilling President Trump's Executive Order 14218, Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders. Over the weekend, Sec. Rollins said she sent a letter to her counterpart in Mexico demanding Mexico 'eliminate impediments' on aircraft operations and landings that are 'critically impairing' the U.S. response to combat the ongoing spread of the New World Screwworm across Mexico, thereby preventing it from entering the United States. In addition, Secretary Rollins continues to negotiate Mexico's compliance with the 1944 Water Treaty for which they have allegedly fallen short of their water delivery commitments. As part of that, Secretary Rollins announced a $280 million grant agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) to provide 'critical economic relief' to eligible Rio Grande Valley farmers and producers suffering from Mexico's 'ongoing failure' to meet its water delivery obligations under the 1944 Water Treaty. The letter can be viewed below. nws-letter-mexicoDownload 'Eyewitness News. Everywhere you are.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Trump admin freezes Title X funding to Planned Parenthood in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Trump administration is withholding tens of millions of dollars from federal family planning funding. Planned Parenthood Great Plains (PPGP) was informed on Monday that the Trump administration has put Title X funds to Planned Parenthood health centers in Missouri and Oklahoma on hold. 'It's really unfortunate that in this moment, politics is overshadowing the critical care that we offer,' said Emily Wales, president and CEO of PPGP. PPGP says the decision could have a big impact on Oklahomans and their health. 'You're taking a vulnerable population and making them even more vulnerable to complications and risk of death,' said Dr. Dana Stone, OBGYN. Title X is the nation's only federal program helping low income communities access sexual and reproductive care. 'Title X has been around for decades and it's really a unique program in that it's had bipartisan support to ensure that low income communities are able to access contraception, STI testing and healthcare,' said Wales. Title X funding cannot be used for abortion care. 'Planned Parenthood in Oklahoma can't do abortions any longer anyway. It's illegal in the state, so none of that goes to support any abortion care in the state,' said Dr. Stone. Dr. Stone believes Oklahomans will suffer. DOGE-OK releases first report, plans to return $157M in federal health grants 'High rates of unplanned pregnancy and complications of pregnancy as a result. They also do a lot of sexually transmitted infection screening and Oklahoma's one of the higher states in those rates,' said Dr. Stone. Cancers could also go undetected. 'Oklahoma already has high rates of cervical cancer. As soon as you don't have those pap smear screenings, we see higher rates of cervical cancer. People get clinical breast exams with these funds as well,' said Dr. Stone. The notice from the Trump Administration is requesting information to evaluate possible violations of grant terms with the President's Executive Order 14218, 'Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders.' The order declares that undocumented immigrants are prohibited from obtaining most taxpayer-funded benefits. PPGP now has to respond to the Trump Administration. 'We have to provide some information about our investment in health equity and trying to make sure that people have access to critical services, no matter where they live, no matter their race or sexual orientation,' said Wales. The administration will then decide if the funding is terminated. 'If at some point we are notified that we're not in the program, we will communicate that to patients, but even then, Planned Parenthood isn't going anywhere,' said Wales. Planned Parenthood will continue to explore other resources to continue providing financial support. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Trump Administration Freezes Title X Funding to 16 Groups
Planned Parenthood supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on April 2, 2025, in Washington, D.C., on account of a separate matter regarding oral arguments which could decide if states can strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds. Credit - Drew Angerer—Getty Images The Trump Administration is withholding millions of dollars allocated for family planning services from more than a dozen organizations. Enacted in 1970, the federal family planning program known as Title X makes millions of dollars available to clinics that provide health care services like birth control, cancer screenings, and STI testing for people from low-income households. On March 31, Planned Parenthood—one of the largest Title X providers—said in a press release that nine of its affiliates received notices from the federal government that their Title X funding would be withheld starting April 1. According to Planned Parenthood, more than three-quarters of its affiliates receive Title X funding, and in 2023, there were more than 1.5 million visits to Planned Parenthood health centers that received Title X funding. One of the nine affiliates affected is Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky (PPGNHAIK), which serves those four states as well as Idaho and Washington. Its CEO, Rebecca Gibron, estimates that, as a result of the freeze, about $3 million a year will now be withheld from five of the six states PPGNHAIK serves: Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Alaska, and Hawaii. Gibron says that over half of PPGNHAIK's health centers across six states serve more than 40,000 patients a year through Title X. 'In our states, we are a safety net provider providing affordable birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing, and treatment,' Gibron says. 'These patients rely on Title X for their health care, and without this program, patients may have no access to this care at all.' Planned Parenthood Action Fund President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson said in a press release that if people aren't able to access this care, cancers could go undetected, access to birth control could be reduced, and sexually transmitted infections could increase. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told TIME in an email that the department is withholding Title X funds from 16 organizations 'pending an evaluation of possible violations of their grant terms, including based on Federal civil rights laws and the President's Executive Order 14218, 'Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders,'' which Trump signed on Feb. 19. The Executive Order declares that undocumented immigrants are prohibited 'from obtaining most taxpayer-funded benefits.' 'HHS is conducting this evaluation to ensure these entities are in full compliance with Federal law and applicable grant terms, and to ensure responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars,' the spokesperson said. They did not respond to questions about the details of the 'possible violations,' how much money was being withheld from the affected organizations, and which organizations were being impacted by the funding freeze. On March 25, the Wall Street Journal reported that HHS was considering freezing $27.5 million out of the more than $200 million allocated for Title X's annual budget. Gibron calls the withholding of funds "politically motivated.' She accuses the Trump Administration of wanting to 'shut down Planned Parenthood health centers to appease their anti-abortion backers,' saying that the Title X freeze is the 'latest attempt' by the Administration to defund Planned Parenthood. 'The fact is that Planned Parenthood health centers across the country serve millions of patients every year, regardless of their immigration status, political affiliation, race, or gender—everyone is welcome in a Planned Parenthood health center,' Gibron says. 'Access to fundamental reproductive and sexual health services is health care that everyone needs.' In 2019, during the first Trump Administration, the federal government implemented a new restriction on Title X recipients, barring them from providing abortion referrals (Title X dollars don't fund abortion services). The Guttmacher Institute, which researches and supports sexual and reproductive health and rights, found that that the restriction—often referred to as the'domestic gag rule'—combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, led to the loss of 981 health care centers from the Title X program and resulted in about 2.4 million fewer patients receiving care through the federal program in 2020 compared with 2018. The Biden Administration rescinded the domestic gag rule in 2021. Read More: South Carolina Wants to End Medicaid for Planned Parenthood Essential Access Health, which distributes Title X funds to clinics in California and Hawaii, said in a press release shared with TIME that it also received a notice that its Title X funds were being temporarily withheld while the group responds to 'an inquiry regarding compliance with federal policy and practices related to civil rights and Executive Orders focused on DEI activities within 10 days.' The day he took office, Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. 'This unprecedented, arbitrary, and immediate pause in distribution of critical resources is harmful to patients and providers,' Essential Access Health said in a press release shared with TIME. 'Any funding delay is detrimental, and an extended delay would devastate our family planning safety net.' Reproductive rights experts have condemned the Trump Administration's move to freeze Title X funds. Amy Friedrich-Karnik, director of federal policy at the Guttmacher Institute, says she wasn't shocked by the move, but that it is 'absolutely devastating.' According to Friedrich-Karnik, early estimates from Guttmacher Institute experts indicate that between 600,000 and 1.25 million people could be impacted by this funding freeze annually, based on the most recently available data on Title X from 2023. 'The impact of that program on people's access to needed reproductive health care services is so clear—how people have benefitted from that access and how it is a program that fills a very important gap for folks who can't get health care elsewhere," Friedrich-Karnik says. 'Not only are reproductive health care services like contraception, STI testing, cancer screenings at risk, [but] for many people, this is their only touchpoint with the health care system at all.' According to data from the HHS Office of Population Affairs, about 83% of patients who received care from clinics that received Title X funding in 2023 had family incomes at or below 250% of the federal poverty level. Friedrich-Karnik says data also shows that people of color are disproportionately likely to access Title X services. She calls the freeze 'a direct attack on health equity,' adding that Title X was established 'to ensure that historically underserved communities were able to access health care and reproductive health care,' and the Trump Administration's actions are penalizing Title X recipients 'for doing exactly what the program is set up to do.' Friedrich-Karnik says that the freeze is 'definitely an attack' on people from low-income households, 'who already have the most barriers to accessing health care services.' Contact us at letters@
