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On the recordMarch 8, 2023
I want to start my questions off by addressing the issues from the last Congress, and where so many of us got really concerned with some of the loans that were made.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa
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Ernst raises concerns about loan issues from the previous Congress.

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