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A group of senators is urging Attorney General William Barr to investigate the activities of dozens of Planned Parenthood affiliates for alleged misconduct after they received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans they were apparently not eligible for.<\/p>\n

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 26 senators wrote to the Justice Department on Thursday expressing concern about reports that found Planned Parenthood affiliates had received millions of dollars in PPP loans aimed at small businesses and non-profits during the CCP virus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers say the statutory text of the CARES Act<\/a>, which established the program, explicitly prohibits affiliates like the ones under Planned Parenthood from receiving the funding. The program requires small businesses or non-profits to have 500 or fewer employees.<\/p>\n

Entities that are affiliated with a larger organization are subject to Small Business Administration (SBA) affiliation rules, which take into consideration the employee count of affiliates together with the main national organization. Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the national body, employed 676 individuals in the 2017 calendar year, according to its tax filing (pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Fox News reported<\/a> that 37 Planned Parenthood affiliates received a total of $80 million in loans from the program. The report states that the SBA has reached out to each of the affiliates to inform them that they are ineligible.<\/p>\n

Following the reports, many Republican lawmakers<\/a>, including Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who chairs the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, voiced disapproval over the revelation while calling for the affiliates to return the taxpayer-funded loans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no ambiguity in the legislation that passed or public record around its passage that organizations such as Planned Parenthood, whose parent organization has close to half a billion dollars in assets, is not eligible for the Paycheck Protection Program,\u201d Rubio said in a statement on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose funds must be returned immediately. Furthermore, the SBA should open an investigation into how these loans were made in clear violation of the applicable affiliation rules and if Planned Parenthood, the banks, or staff at the SBA knowingly violated the law all appropriate legal options should be pursued.\u201d<\/p>\n

Planned Parenthood has pushed back on the accusations calling the opposition a \u201cpolitical attack on Planned Parenthood health centers and access to reproductive health care.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLike many other local nonprofits and health care providers, some independent Planned Parenthood 501(c)(3) organizations applied for and were awarded loans under the eligibility rules established by the CARES Act and the Small Business Administration (SBA), which they met,\u201d Jacqueline Ayers, vice president of government relations and public policy of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlanned Parenthood health centers play a core role in the social safety net, and there is no more critical time for the care they provide than during a public health crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

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