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Joni Ernst: “I would push back on that, because that is not a myth in Iowa, because I hear it from small businesses all the time.”

On the recordMay 17, 2016
I would push back on that, because that is not a myth in Iowa, because I hear it from small businesses all the time.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Ernst counters the idea that small businesses aren't affected by hiring challenges.

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