Latest Round of Coronavirus Relief Shows Hardworking Americans Not Forgotten
April 27, 2020
Washington, D.C. – “President Donald Trump signed the fourth round of coronavirus response legislation Friday—a $484 billion relief bill that will help American small businesses and hospitals, as well as expand coronavirus testing so Americans can get back to work as soon as possible,” former CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder writes in Fox News.
“The lion’s share of the funding – $310 billion – will go directly to the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a massively popular program that has already disbursed $350 billion to businesses all over the country,” Puzder says.
President Donald Trump signs Emergency Relief Bill
April 24, 2020
Washington, D.C. – America’s small businesses should never have been left waiting by House Democrats—but with President Donald Trump’s signature today, Friday, April 24th, 2020 more relief is on the way.
President Donald Trump: We’re keeping millions of Americans on the payroll
The new law, signed just hours ago, will replenish the President’s small business loans program while also providing crucial support for America’s frontline medical workers.
President Donald Trump signs H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. (White House)
Congress, get this deal done
April 22, 2020
Washington, D.C. – The Senate passed funding yesterday to replenish President Donald Trump’s Paycheck Protection Program, which offers forgivable loans to small businesses fighting to survive during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
“My administration has worked aggressively with Congress to negotiate this critical $428 billion funding package,” President Donald Trump said last night.
President Donald Trump, Members of the Coronavirus Task Force statements at Press Briefing
April 19, 2020
Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump: Thank you very much. Good afternoon. We continue to see a number of positive signs that the virus has passed its peak. It’s been very devastating all over the world. A hundred and eighty-four countries. Probably more. That number was as of a week ago.
Dr. Birx will walk through some of these trends in a few moments, but they’re very positive trends for winning. Going to win. We’re going to close it out.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump
President Donald Trump Pulls WHO Funding, Says Organization ‘Must Be Held Accountable’
April 15, 2020
Washington, D.C. – “President Donald Trump made it official [yesterday] that the administration was halting money to the World Health Organization, the international body that said in January that COVID-19 Coronavirus could not be spread by human-to-human contact, and praised China’s response to the virus,” Fred Lucas reports in The Daily Signal.
“Our countries are now experiencing—look all over the world—tremendous death and economic devastation because those tasked with protecting us by being truthful and transparent failed to do so,” the President said.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump
Media can not rewrite History
April 14, 2020
Washington, D.C. – Last month, most Americans surveyed by Gallup approved of President Donald Trump’s Coronavirus response. Hospitals, state governments, and Federal agencies all earned positive reviews, too. The only institution that most people didn’t trust? The news media.
Many in the media got the story wrong from the start. They insisted the COVID-19 Coronavirus posed no real threat to Americans.
PayPal Approved to Provide Access to Paycheck Protection Program Loans
April 12, 2020
San Jose, CA – PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced that the company is now providing access to small business loans through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program.
This follows approval from the SBA for PayPal to participate in the program as one of the first non-bank institutions.
PayPal is one of the first non-bank institutions approved to participate in small business loan program
By the Numbers: A Massive Nationwide Response
April 6, 2020
Washington, D.C. – When the world has faced trying times, Americans have never failed to rise to the occasion. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is and will be no exception.
U.S. Sparing no expense to win this fight
“We have the best doctors, the best military leaders, and the best logistics professionals anywhere in the world,” President Donald Trump said yesterday. “And we’re orchestrating a massive federal response unlike anything our country has ever seen or done.”
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams delivers remarks at a Coronavirus briefing. (White House)
Help for America’s Small Businesses and Their Workers
April 6, 2020
Washington, D.C. – “We want workers to have work, not to become dependent on the unemployment system,” Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia and Small Business Administrator Jovita Carranza write for Fox Business.
“Small businesses often lack the reserves and access to liquidity that large companies can call upon in hard times. The Paycheck Protection Program”—signed by President Trump on March 27th—“addresses this by offering small business loans of up to $10 million . . . Critically, the loans are forgivable if the business retains and continues paying its workers for eight weeks.” Click here to read more.
SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses Affected by Coronavirus Pandemic Launches
April 4, 2020
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza today launched the Paycheck Protection Program, a $349 billion emergency loan program created last week with the President’s signing of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES).
The program provides forgivable loans up to $10 million to small businesses left financially distressed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
