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    GOP letter to Sen. Cardin urging another confirmation hearing on President Biden's SBA deputy administrator nominee Dilawar Syed.

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    GOP letter to Sen. Cardin urging another confirmation hearing on President Biden's SBA deputy administrator nominee Dilawar Syed.

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    6.30.21 - SBC Syed Letter

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    GOP letter to Sen. Cardin urging another confirmation hearing on President Biden's SBA deputy administrator nominee Dilawar Syed.

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    United States Senate WASHINGTON, DC 20510 June 30, 2021 ‘The Honorable Ben Cardin Chairman Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 428A Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C, 20515 Dear Chairman Cardin: We write today to express serious concern regarding Mr. Dilawar Syed, President Biden's nominee to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), given his involvement with Emgage Action. As you know, Mr. Syed has been an active board member of Emgage Action since 2017, a political action committee affiliated with Emgage USA and vocally anti-Israel. While his membership was disclosed to the committee prior to his nomination hearing on April 21, the political organization has since made alarming statements that have members of your committee and the small business community that we represent seriously concemed. Following Mr. Syed’s confirmation hearing, Emgage Action released incendiary statements during the regional unrest, stating “This state of affairs is not a case of ‘both sides.’ Not when Palestinians are occupied and the State of Israel is the occupier.” The organization amplified accusations that Israel is an apartheid state and issued a statement of support after a House member inexcusably equated Israel and the United States to Hamas and Taliban terrorist organizations, something that earned the rebuke of the Democratic Speaker of the House. These comments are not only inflammatory, they demonstrate a deep-seated prejudice that is of serious concern to the small business community. Emgage’s history of supporting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement combined with its overtly anti-Israel positions and rhetoric necessitates an additional hearing to ensure Mr. Syed’s confirmation to be the second-most-powerful individual at the SBA would not jeopardize small businesses with close ties to Israeli companies or small businesses owned by Jewish Americans. If an individual who supports these accusations was to be confirmed, it would hinder the close cooperation businesses in America and Israel have in areas such as, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, medicine, bio-medicine, and more. ZEEE athe James E. Risch Marco Rubio United States Senator United States Senator beh Josh Hawley Tim Scott United States Si United States Senator John Kennedy James M. Inhofe United States Senator United States Senator BM pret ‘Roger Marshall, M.D. Joni K. Emst United States Senator United States Senator

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