SBA Shrugs Off Report That House Majority Leader's In-Law May Have Misused Small Business Contracts

Government Executive: The program for contractor set-asides to boost Native American small businesses may have been misused by the brother-in-law of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., according to a Los Angeles Times investigation published on Sunday.

McCarthy himself is not accused of involvement in the arrangement dating back to 1998, when a Bakersfield, Calif., construction firm called Vortex entered the Small Business Administration’s 8A program.

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