U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia is urging the Trump administration to reinstate millions in federal grant funding to the Urban League of Greater Atlanta for a program aimed at providing support and technical assistance to Atlanta's Black entrepreneurs.

Ossoff, a Democrat, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in early August asking him to reinstate the $3 million grant, saying withholding the funding "punishes job creators, hinders Georgia's economic growth, and denies critical services from being delivered to my constituents."

In 2023, the Urban League of Greater Atlanta was among 43 groups across the country to receive grants as part of a $125 million federal Capital Readiness Program administered by the Minority Business Development Agency.

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