Ernst Presses for Accountability on Minnesota Fraud

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) challenged Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to explain how fraud was allowed to flourish and go unpunished in his state andgave her January Squeal Awardto Governor Tim Walz for allowing scammers to rip off taxpayers.
Ernst pushed for accountability on behalf of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars by calling Ellison out for funds being “funneled away into fraudulent schemes” and reminding him of his own false claim that his state had “done enough” while Minnesota’s fraud schemes had already wasted more than$9 billionin tax dollars.

Watch Senator Ernst’s remarkshere.
“What we need is your governor then to step up to the plate and any crime that needs to be prosecuted, it needs to be done. The American taxpayer is tired of their dollars being funneled out of their pockets into scammers’ pockets,”said Ernst.
Background:
Recently, Ernst worked to put a stop to fraud before it starts with herPutting an N to Learing about Fraud Actthat would close the loopholes that allowed these Minnesota schemes.
She was tapped earlier this year toleada package of bills to tackle the fraud and ensure what happened in Minnesota is never allowed to happen again.
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