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WASHINGTON – To close out Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of transparency in government, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is introducing the Taxpayer-Funded Union Time...
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WASHIGNTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, spoke with Iowa native Caleb Hopkins about the importance of crop insurance as a tool...
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March 11, 2025
Bipartisan Effort to Stop Secret Spending in Washington
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Representatives Barry Moore (R-Ala.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) are introducing bipartisan... -
May 24, 2024
Ernst, Grassley Survey Tornado Damage in Greenfield
ADAIR COUNTY, Iowa – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today met with local leaders in Greenfield to survey the damage and discuss recovery efforts... -
April 24, 2024
Ernst-Secured Investigation Will Prevent U.S. Defense Dollars From Being Diverted to Chinese Research
WASHINGTON – After the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General announced it began the Ernst-secured audit into all U.S. defense dollars diverted to Communist... -
April 17, 2024
Ernst Ensures Tax Dollars Aren’t Arming Iran
WASHINGTON – Following Iran’s attack on Israel, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) questioned Biden’s Department of Energy (DoE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm on the integrity of... -
WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan’s (D-N.H.) bipartisan Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act was passed by the full Senate. The legislation would require the...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Small Business Committee and the Senate’s leading foe of wasteful spending, is calling on President Biden’s...
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February 26, 2024
Ernst Calls to End Taxpayer-Funded Terrorism and Border Disorder
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is working to permanently end U.S. taxpayer funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and redirect the unspent... -
February 06, 2024
Ernst: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
WASHINGTON – After President Joe Biden blew through the deadline to submit his budget and National Security Strategy, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) blasted him for failing to... -
February 05, 2024
Ernst Requires Actions, Not Just Words, from President
WASHINGTON – After President Biden blew through another deadline to submit his budget request today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is requiring the President to submit his... -
July 11, 2023
Ernst: Iowans Aren’t Buying Biden’s Financial Fantasy
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) noted that in visits to 75 of Iowa’s 99 counties this year, the top issue raised by constituents continues to be high prices at... -
June 28, 2023
ICYMI: Washington has sent more than $1.3 billion to China and Russia. Who's following the money?
By: Sen. Joni Ernst and Adam Andrzejewski As published in USA Today Washington is borrowing money from China to give to China. You read that right. While we owe... -
WASHINGTON – China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology and EcoHealth Alliance, the group that funneled nearly $2 million of U.S. taxpayer money into the lab for dangerous...
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June 13, 2023
Ernst Works to Disarm IRS
WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is leading the charge to end the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) waste of taxpayer dollars to arm its agents. The IRS has... -
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) called out the Biden administration and federal bureaucrats for out-of-control spending without proper oversight and...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is fighting to stop taxpayer funding of organizations that disregard the law, such as EcoHealth Alliance, which refuses to provide...
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June 01, 2023
Ernst Tracks Over $1.3 Billion of U.S. Tax Dollars Sent to China and Russia, Promises Accountability for Every Penny
WASHINGTON – More than $1.3 billion U.S. tax dollars were sent to Russia and China since 2017, according to a new analysis released today by Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and... -
May 31, 2023
Ernst Leads Effort to Save Taxpayers $300 Billion by Blocking Biden’s Student Loan Scheme
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) voted to save taxpayers more than $300 billion by overturning President Biden’s pause on student loan payments. The resolution...
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