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John Hickenlooper: “It's frozen money that Congress appropriated and really…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Senate Hearing with Senator Hickenlooper on SBA Challenges and Native American Affairs

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

And I think that's why Congress appropriates money to SBA programs as we get access to capital. In the last few months, we've seen the President, administration try to defy Congress and restrain those funds again and again. It's frozen money that Congress appropriated and really tried to shut down whole agencies that we had created through law. And I just am worried that that funding for small business is going to. Is going to disappear if we're not on top of it. (00:48–00:57)

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