How is the SBA going to ensure, when you have over 5,000 lenders and 270 certified development companies that are making loans, how are you going to ensure the integrity of that process when your nondisaster staff is shrinking?
Collins questions the SBA's ability to maintain integrity with reduced staffing.
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