On June 17, 2017, in an interview with CNBC, McMahon stated in her role as administrator of SBA that she is "how to develop business plans, how to grow, how to pitch [one's business when is trying to get investors, or to move into a different market and those are aspects of S.B.A. that are not as well known", as the main goals of the S.B.A. are capital, counseling, contracts, and disaster relief. “We try to encourage or at least guide entrepreneurs who may have services or products that could be bought by the federal government. The federal government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world,” McMahon told CNBC.