KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - SEPTEMBER 14:William W. Kirk, inspector general of the Small Business Administration, speaks as Vice President JD Vance, from right, Attorney General Todd Blanche, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., listen during an event at the FBI Field Office on September 14, 2026 in Kansas City, Missouri. Vance is visiting Missouri and Kansas on a Midwest trip. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images)

Inspector general of the Small Business Administration William W. Kirk speaks as Vice President JD Vance (R), and Senator Eric Schmitt (L), Republican from Missouri listen during an event about fraud enforcement at the FBI field office in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler speaks as Vice President JD Vance (R), listens during an event about fraud enforcement at the FBI field office in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler speaks as Vice President JD Vance (R), and Senator Eric Schmitt (L), Republican from Missouri listen during an event about fraud enforcement at the FBI field office in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph shows a board indicating fuel prices at a petrol station in Paris on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

A cyclist rides her bicycle past a board indicating fuel prices at a petrol station in Paris on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

A cyclist rides her bicycle past a board indicating fuel prices at a petrol station in Paris on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A man walks between wooden staks full of mussels in the EARL Maine père & fils shellfish breeding farm off the coast of Bricqueville-sur-Mer, northwestern France, on September 13, 2026. French mussel farms have been hit hard by the heatwaves, and the drought has deprived them of nutrients: French mussel production has fallen by a quarter during the summer of 2026, according to industry experts, who are facing the future with uncertainty. (Photo by Guillaume SALIGOT / AFP via Getty Images)