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Joni Ernst: “When a small community bank becomes a top SBA lender one year and fails the next, something went seriously wrong.”

On the recordJune 12, 2026
When a small community bank becomes a top SBA lender one year and fails the next, something went seriously wrong.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Senator Ernst addressing SBA accountability.

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