Rep. Luria cosponsors bill to provide more funding for small businesses - Elaine for Congress

Rep. Luria cosponsors bill to provide more funding for small businesses

Second District Congresswoman Elaine Luria is co-sponsoring a bipartisan bill that would provide more funding for the Paycheck Protection Program. The bill—Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act (H.R. 6506)—would provide up to $900 billion in additional funding to the program.

“I joined this bipartisan effort to replenish funding for the Paycheck Protection Program because small businesses across Hampton Roads are relying on economic relief programs to weather this crisis,” Luria said in the news release. 

“As a former small business owner, I know that our federal response must prioritize public health while investing in small businesses and their employees so that we can more quickly recover from this public health crisis.”

Rep. Luria supported the CARES Act, which established the Paycheck Protection Program. 

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