Joni Ernst actually said...

"This new status quo at SBA is unacceptable."

"I recommend Congress acts immediately to increase investigators' capacity to recover taxpayer funds quickly."

"This flagrant fraud within government programs, especially when it goes unpunished, hurts taxpayers and harms small businesses the most."

"It is the law, yes. But second, I think that it sets a poor precedent that... it tells folks that you do not always have to pay the government back."