Alabama Congressman Introduces Bill to Reward Top Campaign Contributors
On September 14th, Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith (D) introduced a new bill, H.R. 3558, which will allow some of his largest campaign contributors to land billions of dollars in federal small business contracts. (Legislation)
Boeing and Northrop Grumman are two of Congressman Griffith’s largest campaign contributors. If H.R. 3558 becomes law, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and hundreds [...]
Small Business Fair Competition Act H.R. 3558
Sounds good, right? But this bill would actually allow businesses that have outgrown their small business status (because of government contracts) to continue competing for those contracts effectively blocking new small business contenders from winning those contracts.
When I first read about this new bill, H.R. 3558 – Small Business Fair Competition Act, it seemed reasonable [...]
