President Bush addressing the NAACP (7/20/06):

[NAACP president and CEO] Bruce [Gordon] and I talked a lot about how do we make sure the contracting that goes on down there in the Gulf Coast goes to minority-owned businesses.
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We’re taking steps to make it easier for African-American businesses to compete for federal contracts.

Minority firms getting few Katrina contracts (AP):

Minority-owned businesses say they’re paying the price for the decision by Congress and the Bush administration to waive certain rules for Hurricane Katrina recovery contracts.

About 1.5 percent of the $1.6 billion awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency has gone to minority businesses, less than a third of the 5 percent normally required.