By ELIZABETH NEWELL, Government Executive
(Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., newly appointed leader of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, on Wednesday urged President-elect Barack Obama to return the Small Business Administration to the Cabinet-level status it had under President Clinton.
Landrieu, who will replace Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as leader of the committee, said in a Dec. 17 letter to Obama that SBA's "role was inadvisably diminished in recent years."
"If empowered by a return to proper rank, the SBA administrator can be a more effective champion for our small businesses," she wrote.
Landrieu, who also is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, noted that both funding and staffing for SBA were cut dramatically during the Bush administration. Her letter cited outgoing chairman Kerry's calculation that the agency's funding was slashed by $499.5 million, or 26 percent, since 2001.
"I am committed to working with your administration to end this downward trend," Landrieu told Obama. "For this agency to truly realize its mission -- particularly in supporting our small businesses through the current economic crisis -- SBA needs funding increases to carry out its lending, technical assistance and entrepreneurship programs."
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