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Joni Ernst: “She was turning in a time card for 120 hour work weeks.”

On the recordJune 19, 2026
She was turning in a time card for 120 hour work weeks.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Senator Ernst discussing the extent of the fraud.

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