The ASBL Podcast with Lloyd Chapman and Bruce de Torres
Lloyd Chapman is Founder and President of the American Small Business League (ASBL.com), working to stop the diversion of small business contracts to big businesses. Our DontCheatWomen.com project seeks to raise from 5% to 15% the federal contract dollars that must go to women-owned small businesses.
Bruce de Torres is Director of Communications for the American Small Business League and author of GOD, SCHOOL, 9/11 AND JFK: The Lies That Are Killing Us and The Truth That Sets Us Free. (Read the amazing reviews at brucedetorres.com.)
The ASBL Podcast with Lloyd Chapman and Bruce de Torres
ASBL 68, Bernard Taylor, House Candidate, Florida District 21, May 15, 2026
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ASBL 68, Bernard Taylor, House Candidate, Florida District 21, May 15, 2026
The American Small Business League spoke with Bernard Taylor, running for Congress as a Democrat in Florida’s District 21.
From his site, www.BernardTaylorForCongress.com:
“Bernard Taylor is a dedicated EMT/Paramedic, husband, father of five, and community advocate who has spent years serving and protecting the people of Florida.”
“Now, he's running for Congress to fight for the people our elected congressional representatives are ignoring. Bernard was inspired to run to represent his community after seeing how the disparities in access to affordable healthcare … resulted in the death of a diabetic patient who had to ration insulin due to the high cost. This loss was a stark reminder of the real human cost of systemic inequities. Witnessing firsthand how individuals and families are forced to make impossible choices between life-sustaining medication and basic necessities fueled his determination to change things.”
Top issues in your District?
“The cost of living. Healthcare. And the environment. Those are the top three issues here.”
“The cost of living is probably 75% of what’s on everybody’s mind. … here in the State of Florida … There are a lot of retirees in my community on fixed incomes, and those are not stretching as far as they did a year and a half ago. If we don’t do something soon, there will be a lot of people struggling a whole lot worse than they already are.”
Housing, Education, and Economic Growth are also among Bernard’s top priorities. To learn more and see how you can help, visit www.BernardTaylorForCongress.com.
The American Small Business League (www.asbl.com) wants Congress to stop big businesses from getting small business contracts. (Small businesses would create millions of jobs with those contracts and the economy would boom.)
Our www.DontCheatWomen.com project wants Congress to: Raise from 5% to 15% the federal contract dollars that must go to women-owned small businesses (they own 40% of American businesses and sell what the government buys – but companies owned by men get over 95% of federal contract dollars, and that must change), define a small business as 100 or less employees, and make the Small Business Administration prove that small business contracts go to small businesses.
We also want people to contact Congress and the Senate to oppose a bill that would wipe out the federal contracting goals for minority and Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs). If passed it would hurt thousands of businesses, deprive the economy of hundreds of thousands of new jobs, decrease competition, weaken the federal supply chain, and steer probably 100% of federal contracting dollars to companies owned by men. To see what you can do, go to www.ASBL.Substack.com and read our May 14, 2026, piece called, Save Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Small Businesses.
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