Joni Ernst: “More than $9.5 billion of [Restaurant Revitalization Fund]…”

“Pandemic program fraud investigations have already uncovered $57 billion in fraud and issued 1,200 indictments. The SBA is currently conducting a manual review of over $3 billion in restaurant revitalization Fund awards. But in this program alone, More than $9.5 billion of [Restaurant Revitalization Fund] awards still require review. We can't allow swindlers, scammers and con artists to run out the clock, because for fraudsters, time flies when you're having fun.” (02:20–02:28)

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