House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) ripped Democrats on Thursday for delaying additional funding for small businesses in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to Fox News' Bill Hemmer, McCarthy accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) of lying for saying she wants to help small businesses who are losing money during this crisis. He instead claimed that she and other Democrats are making it "harder" on those small businesses.
He said, "What (Pelosi) requested was to make it more burdensome for small businesses. Right now, it’s only two pages to apply - she now wants more data on you before you can apply, so she makes it harder on small business. This isn’t changing the CARES Act. It’s a one-page bill to move forward, but she said no."
He continued, "There is no other fund that is out of money except small business. She is the only thing holding it up. She sent an individual to the floor in the Senate to object. Had they not objected, this would have passed by unanimous consent. The Democrats are objecting. Just as she held up the CARES Act for that one week to put in more money for the Kennedy Center and wanted to change for the Green New Deal, she’s trying the exact same thing."