Joni Ernst: “Congress has already passed an extension of the statutes of…”

“My bill simply gives investigators and prosecutors flexibility to do their jobs by extending the statutes of limitation for defrauding the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program and the Restaurant Revitalization Fund by five years. Congress has already passed an extension of the statutes of limitation for SBA's other Covid relief programs. With bipartisan support, this body came together against fraud, and we need to again. Pandemic program fraud investigations have already uncovered $57 billion in fraud and issued 1,200 indictments.” (01:39–01:48)

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