Today, the Trump SBA issued CLEAR guidance to all employees: this agency will not deny any small business owner admission to the 8(a) Program simply because they are white – or show preferential treatment to any business owner simply because they are a minority.
These have been the rules since we took office. We acted DAY ONE to end race-based discrimination in the 8(a) Program – and to roll back the broad expansion of 8(a) that the Biden Admin used to advance DEI at the expense of honest job creators.
The data bears it out: the Biden SBA approved over 2,000 new 8(a) firms and the Trump SBA approved less than 70. Last year we launched the FIRST audit in the program’s 45-year history, reviewing every participating contractor for the last 15 years.
The message is clear: we are ending DEI handouts and our programs are open to all eligible Americans.
