Over the past several months, this committee has held numerous hearings on the ppp and heard from borrowers and challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive travelled through the districts to speak with Business Owners about how they faired through the pandemic. And ive heard some of the successes and challenges they face with the ppp. And uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrower who is eventually access the loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated and conflicting Program Rules and other requirements associated with loan forgiveness. Lenders also expressed a great deal of frustration over the needlessly complicated rules and reported feeling unable to adequately help their borrowers through the forgiveness process. Through it all, borrowers simply wanted to ensure they were using loan for proceeding consistent with the law so they could qualify for full loan forgiveness and effectively convert the loan into a grant which was the congressional intent i
We are meeting today to conduct an important hearing on the Small Business administration Paycheck Protection Program, or ppp, specifically, review review of the loan forgiveness process. I want to thank each of the witnesses for their testimonies today. Over the past several months, this committee has held numerous hearings on the ppp, and weve heard from borrowers and lenders about the challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive also traveled across my district of burlington and ocean counties in new jersey to speak with Business Owners about how theyve fared during the pandemic, and ive heard some of the successes and challenges theyve faced with ppp and uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrowers who eventually did access a loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated, unclear, and sometimes conflicting Program Rules and other requirements associated with loan forgiveness. Lenders also expressed a great deal of frustration over the needlessly complicat
Hearings on the ppp, and weve heard from borrowers and lenders about the challenges theyve faced in accessing the program. Ive also traveled across my district of burlington and ocean counties in new jersey to speak with Business Owners about how theyve fared during the pandemic, and ive heard some of the successes and challenges theyve faced with ppp and uncertainty about what the future holds. From borrowers who eventually did access a loan, the Committee Heard concerns about complicated, unclear, and sometimes conflicting Program Rules and other requirements associated with loan forgiveness. Lenders also expressed a great deal of frustration over the needlessly complicated rules and reported feeling unable to adequately help their borrowers through the forgiveness process. Through it all, borrowers simply wanted to ensure they were using loan proceeds consistent with the law so they could qualify for full loan forgiveness, and effectively convert the loan into a grant, which was the
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