WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced her August Squeal Award recipient: fraudster families who make a living scamming hardworking Americans.
Ernst is exposing 15 families who collectively stole $50 million taxpayer dollars and has introduced the No Cash for Cohabitating Kins of Crooks Act to prohibit government loans, contracts, grants, or other financial payments going to anyone living with a known fraudster or convicted criminal.
"Committing fraud is literally all relative for these families of felons," said Ernst. "While some families have a tradition of running 5Ks on holidays, fraud runs in these families-they'll steal $5K or more an...