Businesses tied to Oklahoma congressmen enjoy federal loans

FILE - In this May 16, 2013, file photo, Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Family businesses of two Oklahoma congressmen received at least $1.8 million from a federal rescue package meant to keep small businesses afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, according to data released Monday, July 5, 2020, by the U.S. Treasury Department. Four businesses owned by U.S. Rep. Mullin received between $800,000 and $1.9 million from the Paycheck Protection Program, (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2019 file photo, Rep. Kevin Hern speaks during an event in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Family businesses of two Oklahoma congressmen received at least $1.8 million from a federal rescue package meant to keep small businesses afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Treasury Department. The data shows Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin Hern's Tulsa-based KTAK Corp., a management company for several area McDonald's Restaurants, received between $1 million and $2 million. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP File)/Tulsa World via AP)