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Joni Ernst: “Washington math doesn't add up, but my Billion Dollar Boondoggle law will restore accountability to its shady…”

On the recordOctober 9, 2026
Washington math doesn't add up, but my Billion Dollar Boondoggle law will restore accountability to its shady accounting. Taxpayers deserve this transparency, and it will protect them from being put on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars sunk into failed and mismanaged projects plagued by massive cost overruns and never-ending delays.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Discussing the impact of her new law on government spending.

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