Congressional Republicans came out in force Thursday in support of a Treasury Department program that helps provide loans to low-income and underserved populations that traditional financial institutions usually don’t reach.

Treasury indicated earlier this month that it would cut 1,446 positions in a reduction in force related to the partial government shutdown. The department would eliminate the approximately 100-member staff of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

A group of 105 Republican lawmakers called on the Trump administration to preserve the CDFI Fund in a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought.

“We strongly urge the Administration to continue carrying out the statutory obligations of the CDFI Fund

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