(WASHINGTON, DC) -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers urged Mnuchin and SBA
Administrator Jovita Carranza to consider rural electric cooperatives as
qualifying recipients for the Paycheck Protection Program. As "electric
co-ops face the same challenges as many other small businesses, we believe the
Small Business Administration should ensure they are eligible for the Paycheck
Protection Program," the lawmakers write. The House letter,
signed by 164 lawmakers, was sent Tuesday, while the Senate letter,
sent April 16, was signed by 43 senators.
