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Joni Ernst: “Bureaucrats might think wasting millions is a drop in the bucket, but I am sick and tired of taxpayers getting tossed in…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2025
Bureaucrats might think wasting millions is a drop in the bucket, but I am sick and tired of taxpayers getting tossed in the deep end by Washington.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa
Source
nypost.com
Jul 17, 2025

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Senator Ernst criticizes government spending on swimming pool upgrades overseas.

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