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Rush has never been wrong before. I agree with everything he says. It looks like the leftists have been exposed again.

Yellen has not testified on COVID-19 relief funds before the
Small Business Committees despite law requiring her testimony

EXCLUSIVE: Republicans in Congress are accusing Treasury
Secretary Janet Yellen of violating the law by failing to
testify before congressional committees on coronavirus relief
programs for businesses.

Ranking Member Rand Paul, R-Ky., and nine GOP members of the
Senate Small Business committee gave Yellen a Wednesday deadline
to schedule her testimony before the panel that they argue is
one year overdue according to language in a 2020 appropriations
bill.

Yellen didn't respond.

Rand Paul Letter to Secretary Yellen by Fox News on Scribd

<https://www.scribd.com/document/570999390/Rand-Paul-Letter-to- Secretary-Yellen#download&from_embed>

"I�ve repeatedly asked for Treasury Secretary Yellen to fulfill
her duties and appear before the Small Business Committee. Yet
again, the Biden Administration is neglecting Congress� proper
oversight into a taxpayer funded department that is partially
responsible for skyrocketing debt and a 41-year high inflation
rate," Paul said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "We�ve been
more than willing to accommodate Secretary Yellen�s schedule,
however we are prepared to use all tools available to us to
ensure her compliance with the law if it becomes necessary."

Over in the House, the top Republican on the Small Business
Committee is having the same problem with getting Yellen to
testify on the role and impact of the Paycheck Protection
Program, the major COVID-19 relief program for small businesses.

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"The repeated refusal from Secretary Janet Yellen to testify
before the House Committee on Small Business is nothing less
than blatant disregard for the law, small businesses, and the
American people," Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., told
Fox Business. "The Secretary�s behavior is a continued violation
of federal law."

At issue is the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 that was
signed into law in December 2020. It had an oversight provision
in the language that requires the Treasury Secretary to testify
before the House and Senate Small Business Committees about the
economic aid to hard-hit small businesses and nonprofits within
"120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less
than twice each year thereafter."

By that timeframe, Yellen was first due before the committees by
April 26, 2021, and would have to appear two times in 2022.

A Treasury spokesperson told FOX Business that Yellen has
appeared before different committees in Congress and her deputy
can appear before the Small Business committees in her place.

"Secretary Yellen looks forward to continuing her robust
engagement with Congress, which includes her testimony before
the House Financial Services Committee on April 5, and her
testimony before both the House and Senate in a few weeks,"
Treasury Spokesperson John Rizzo said in a statement.

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"The Deputy Treasury Secretary has legal authority to fulfill
this requirement to testify before the Small Business
Committees, and he has already agreed and offered to appear
before the Committees. We hope the Committees will allow him to
appear to testify on this work."

But the GOP members want Yellen herself, as the law states "the
Secretary of the Treasury shall testify."

"The Secretary�s behavior indicates she believes herself to be
above the law � which continues this administration and the
left�s tendency of �rules for thee, but not for me,� mindset,"
Luetkemeyer said.

Spokespeople for the Democratic chairs of the House and Senate
Small Business Committees did not immediately respond to
requests for comment on whether Yellen was in violation of the
law.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/republicans-furious-yellen- violation-federal-law

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