Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Monday introduced legislation that would prevent the abuse of government contracts, after hundreds of millions of dollars went to bribery schemes over several decades.
Following the allegations of a $100 million fraud scheme through the abuse of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) program, Senate Small Business Committee Chair Joni Ernst introduced the Stop 8(a) Contracting Fraud Act to prevent new no-bid awards until there is a detailed audit of the entire program.
“The 8(a) program is broken and needs to be completely reformed before another dollar goes out the door,” Ernst said in a written statement to…
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