Lawmakers slam SBA 'stonewalling' over Michigan voter memo as campaigning claims surface

EXCLUSIVE: Small business leaders in Congress lambasted the Small Business Administration (SBA) one week before Election Day, accusing the agency of continuing to "stonewall" oversight into its widely-criticized work with Michigan's elections department.

Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, chair of the House Small Business Committee, previously noted the SBA used a 2021 President Biden executive order on "promoting access to voting" to forge a "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) with the Michigan Department of State.

In March, the SBA announced its "first-ever" voter registration agreement with the Michigan agency. On May 7, Williams' committee issued a rare subpoena for SBA aides after what the panel claimed was in part a failure to forward documents relating to a program "diverting [agency] resources away from assisting Main Street" toward partisan ends.

On Tuesday, Williams told Fox News Digital that with seven days to go, "the Biden-Harris SBA is still stonewalling our investigation into their partisan voter registration scheme."

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"The lack of accountability has been astounding, and it's clear that they are doing nothing more than stalling until the election is over."

That should be concerning to the public, Williams suggested, adding the committee will continue to use "every resource available" to conduct oversight of SBA.