Biden Admin Agency Accused of Stonewalling Congressional Oversight Amid Electioneering Claims

Top Republicans on the House and Senate Small Business committees have accused a Biden administration agency of stonewalling congressional oversight efforts in connection with allegations that agency staff have engaged in electioneering on behalf of President Joe Biden, spending taxpayer dollars to benefit a particular political party and candidate. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas) issued a joint statement on May 15 alleging that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and its administrator, Isabella Casillas Guzman, have refused to comply with oversight-related document requests and committee investigations. “The House and Senate Committees on Small Business have a constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the SBA,” Ms. Ernst, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Small Business, and Mr. Williams, chairman of the House Committee on Small Business, said in a joint statement....