Demand that the SBA Office of Inspector General investigate SBA assistance and recover any taxpayer money that was stolen.

Joni Ernst · Iowa · Republican

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I am also demanding the SBA Office of Inspector General investigate by reviewing SBA assistance provided to the Quality Learing Center and, at a minimum, the 28 companies billing Medicaid for personal services in Ohio and recover every penny of taxpayer money that may have been stolen.

Calls for an SBA OIG investigation into certain assistance and recovery of stolen taxpayer funds.

Ernst: The Grift that Keeps on Giving
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Evidence

Ernst said, "I am asking the SBA Office of Inspector General to investigate these loans and recover every last cent."

Official Senate release shows Ernst continuing to press SBA OIG to investigate SBA-linked loans and recover stolen funds, but it does not show that OIG has completed or even formally opened the specific action requested.

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Ernst Exposes the Inside Jobs Enabling Fraud
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The Senate unanimously passed Ernst’s SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act to extend the window for holding COVID fraudsters accountable and recover taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars.

This is a concrete anti-fraud step that supports recovering stolen taxpayer money, but it is legislative and does not itself confirm the requested SBA OIG investigation or recovery has been completed.

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Ernst-Led Bill to Send Scammers to the Slammer Passes Senate
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The promise was to demand that the SBA Office of Inspector General investigate SBA assistance and recover stolen taxpayer money, not to guarantee that the OIG completed the investigation or recovered all funds. The May 20, 2026 Senate release records Ernst explicitly asking the SBA OIG to investigate the loans and recover every cent, which satisfies the promised oversight action during her current Senate term. The separate fraud-enforcement legislation further supports material effort, but the demand itself is enough for delivery.

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