The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on the nomination of former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler to become head of the Small Business Administration.
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Loeffler is a former chief executive of cryptocurrency trading platform Bakt and a former co-owner of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream.
During her hearing before the Senate Committee of Small Business and Entrepreneurship she was questioned by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., about President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze, asking if she thought it was lawful that Trump’s administration had acted to freeze all federal grants and loans.
“I disagree with the premise of your question, because the money was, certainly with regard to the agencies, discretionary in many cases, but I fully agree with President Trump’s decision to stop wasteful spending,” Loeffler said.
