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Joni Ernst: “This has got to be corrected, and somebody needs to be held accountable.”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2015
This has got to be corrected, and somebody needs to be held accountable.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Senator Ernst expresses frustration over delays and accountability in Navy ship construction.

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