Category: Ernst

Senator Demands Probe of ATF Over $9 Million in Fraudulent Payments to Employees

May 25, 2023
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) employees fraudulently received at least $9.7 million in pay and benefits over five years, according to a March 29, 2022, report from the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). The report indicates that the fraud may have gone on longer. The report says ATF is working with the…

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Sen Ernst Wants to ‘Put Brakes on Boondoggles,’ Starting with Pelosi’s $6.7 Billion San Francisco Subway Extension

July 27, 2021
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) awarded her latest Squeal Award Tuesday to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for sending hundreds of millions of tax dollars to a project to extend San Francisco’s public transit system to Silicon Valley in California’s Santa Clara Valley. “Democrats attempted to earmark money in the COVID relief package earlier this year…

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