News | U.S. Senator Joni Ernst

January 20, 2025

Ernst Applauds Trump Ordering Washington Bureaucrats Back to Work

WASHINGTON – After U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chair and founder of the Senate DOGE Caucus, exposed a chronically out-of-office federal workforce, President Donald Trump...

January 17, 2025

Ernst Cracks Down on Bureaucrats Covering Up Costs

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is introducing the Regulations Evaluated to Determine The Anticipated Price and Effect Act (RED TAPE) Act, which...

January 08, 2025

Ernst: DOGE is Inevitable

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate DOGE Caucus, took to the Senate floor to outline her $2 trillion plan to cut down federal spending, save...

December 20, 2024

Ernst Blasts Biden’s Gift to Bah Humbug Bureaucrats

WASHNGTON – In response to public employee unions rushing to lock in telework agreements through 2029 at the 11th hour of the Biden administration, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)...

December 20, 2024

December 2024 Squeal Award - Biden’s Christmas Gift to the Bah Humbug Bureaucrats: Another Four-Year Staycation Away from the Office

December 19, 2024

Ernst Drains the Swamp

WASHINGTON – After her telework report revealed a chronically absent federal workforce, Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released her DRAIN THE SWAMP Act, which...

December 11, 2024

Ernst: Getting Remote Bureaucrats Back to Work

WASHINGTON – After unveiling a detailed report showing how federal bureaucrats have abused telework and locality pay to fleece taxpayers out of billions of dollars, Senator Joni...

December 10, 2024

Ernst: A Bureaucrat Christmas Carol

WASHINGTON – As bureaucrats ask Santa for permanent remote work, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) telework report proclaimed, ‘tis the season to deck the halls with federal...

December 05, 2024

Ernst Unveils Plan to Slash Federal Bureaucracy and End Telework Abuse

WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair and Founder of the Senate DOGE Caucus, unveiled a detailed report showing how federal bureaucrats have abused telework and...

November 26, 2024

Ernst Lays Out Thanksgiving Menu to Carve up $2 Trillion in Waste

WASHINGTON – As Americans sit down for Thanksgiving this week, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is providing the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency...

November 25, 2024

November 2024 Squeal Award - Let's Talk Turkey

November 24, 2024

Ernst on DOGE Caucus: “My Promise Was to ‘Make ‘Em Squeal’”

PALM BEACH, Fla. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), founder and chair of the Senate DOGE Caucus, joined Fox and Friends to discuss how she will build on her decade of work and...

November 22, 2024

Ernst Creates Senate DOGE Caucus to Eliminate Government Waste

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a leading champion for taxpayers in Washington, announced the founding of the Senate DOGE Caucus, which will work hand in hand with...

October 23, 2024