# White House polices hitting small business contractors hard, Senator says

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/white-house-polices-hitting-small-business-contractors-hard-senator-says
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/white-house-polices-hitting-small-business-contractors-hard-senator-says.md
Podcast: [The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783)
Published: 2026-06-12T11:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/a4253b91-d2f1-4d58-a7b1-40786a982feb.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/a4253b91-d2f1-4d58-a7b1-40786a982feb.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/episodes/white-house-polices-hitting-small-business-contractors-hard-senator-says
Duration seconds: 567

## Resource

New data from Democrats on the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee shine fresh light on just how rough its been for many small business contractors over the last 15 months. A new report from Senator Ed Markey, ranking member of the committee, found since January 2025 when President Donald Trump took office, agencies have reduced spending by 19% and thousands of small firms have left the federal market. For exclusive details on this new data and what it means for federal small business contractors, Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller joins me now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/episodes/white-house-polices-hitting-small-business-contractors-hard-senator-says/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/white-house-polices-hitting-small-business-contractors-hard-senator-says.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.