Steven Mnuchin: “I am appalled that you would knowingly make matters worse by permanently ending essential emergency lending programs.”

I very much agree with you and those other experts that more fiscal response is needed.

I don’t think we’re going to have a recession. I don’t think the outlook looks like we’re going to have a recession.

There is simply no justification or justifiable reason to take these tools away, with the pandemic crisis worse than it has been.

I would urge Congress to move quickly on the PPP, for which there seems to be enormous bipartisan support.