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Joni Ernst: “It is really disheartening to many of us on this committee, as we saw in a bipartisan manner, where numbers of our…”

On the recordApril 25, 2023
It is really disheartening to many of us on this committee, as we saw in a bipartisan manner, where numbers of our committee members raised issue with the proposed rules, and it shows that the Administrator and the SBA was not working in good faith with us.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Expressing disappointment over the SBA's failure to address committee concerns on lending rules.

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