2025 MEDIA INTERVIEWS
April 1, 2025 – WOAY-TV/ABC4: SBA Cuts Will Solve Nothing
Show: WOAY-TV / ABC4
Guest: Bruce de Torres, Communications Director, ASBL
"Communications Director Bruce de Torres told WOAY-TV/ABC4 that while the SBA has problems, the planned cuts will create new issues and will solve nothing."
Topic: Small business advocacy organizations are raising concerns about proposed SBA changes
March 29, 2025 – WISH-TV: SBA Facing Staffing Cuts
Show: News 8 – WISH-TV, Indianapolis, Indiana
Guest: Bruce de Torres, Communications Director, ASBL
"News 8's Tim Spears sits down with Bruce de Torres to discuss proposed cuts to the Small Business Administration under the Trump administration."
Topic: Small Business Administration facing significant staffing cuts
March 29, 2025 – Breaking Point: SBA’s Future at Risk
Show: Breaking Point with David Zere – Real America’s Voice
Guest: Bruce de Torres, Communications Director, ASBL
Bruce discusses the value of the SBA’s contracting program and the risk of it being dismantled under the Trump administration.
Duration: 12 minutes
March 27, 2025 – Detroit’s Morning Answer: Defending the SBA
Show: Detroit's Morning Answer with John Anthony – FM92.7
Guest: Bruce de Torres, Communications Director, ASBL
Bruce discusses the threat to the SBA and the importance of its support for the nation’s 34.7 million small businesses — 99.9% of all U.S. businesses.
Segment starts at: 59:11 | Duration: 16 minutes
March 25, 2025 – The Scott Sloan Show: SBA Under Fire
Show: The Scott Sloan Show – 700WLW + iHeartRadio
Guest: Bruce de Torres, Communications Director, ASBL
Bruce joins Scott Sloan to discuss how the Trump administration appears to be setting the SBA up for failure and why protecting it is vital to the economy.
Segment starts at: 40:13 | Duration: 12 minutes
March 18, 2025 – KBOI-CBS: Chapman Says SBA May Close Soon
Guest: Lloyd Chapman, President, American Small Business League
In this interview with Ryan Oswald, Lloyd Chapman shares his belief that the Trump administration is planning to shut down the Small Business Administration (SBA) in the coming weeks.
Tariffs and American Small Business + Solutions to the Judicial Insurrection
Guest: Lloyd Chapman, President, American Small Business League
In this video, Lloyd Chapman explores how tariffs are impacting small businesses in America and offers solutions to what he describes as a “judicial insurrection” — the misuse or manipulation of courts to block or delay vital small business protections.
Note: Lloyd Chapman, ASBL, appears during the first 30 minutes.
Platform: ASBL Video Library