Republicans Continue Months-Long Blockade of Dilawar Syed Nomination
(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today expressed his disappointment that the Republican members of the Committee intend to continue their months-long blockade of Dilawar Syed’s nomination to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In addition to blocking consideration of the critical SBA nominee, the Committee was unable to consider bipartisan legislation to both authorize a pre-mitigation disaster aid program and make it easier for small businesses in rural communities qualify for disaster...