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In the days and weeks following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul last August, I heard from veterans across the country questioning their service over the previous two decades...
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August 08, 2022
Joni Ernst: America’s leaders can and must choose proactive deterrence over reactive retreat.
American strength and prosperity require our leaders to boldly stand with our friends and deter those who wish to inflict damage to our people and our homeland. Nancy Pelosi... -
August 01, 2022
Joni Ernst: Biden’s tax and spend agenda has us climbing closer to the fiscal cliff.
Despite what the White House says, our economy is in a recession, and inflation is the highest it’s been in over 40 years. Washington Democrats keep telling us not to... -
July 22, 2022
Joni Ernst: I witnessed the crisis at our Southern border firsthand. Here’s what I saw.
Late on the evening of July 14, we landed in McAllen, Texas. It was well past nightfall. Soon after touching down, we climbed into a row of vehicles and headed a few miles further... -
July 15, 2022
Joni Ernst: Biden’s inflation and energy costs are crushing Iowans. There’s a better way.
We see it at the grocery store. We see it at the gas pump. We see it in our electric bills every month. Inflation is crushing Iowa families and small businesses. This week, the... -
July 08, 2022
Joni Ernst: President Biden, America must show strength—not weakness—on the world stage.
Almost one year ago, President Biden—over the advice of his experts and top military advisors—put into motion the full U.S. retreat from Afghanistan. As the world... -
Over the past year, we’ve seen the world become a more dangerous place. From Afghanistan to Ukraine, America’s enemies are on the march. Today, our country faces...
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June 10, 2022
Joni Ernst: At long last, America’s heroes of World War II—the Army Rangers—will receive the honor they deserve.
It was more than 80 years ago when a young man, still a student at East High School in Des Moines and a member of the Class of 1940, enlisted in the Iowa National Guard. It was the... -
June 03, 2022
Joni Ernst: Biden’s charging taxpayers to babysit unused border wall materials. Why not just build it?
As Iowans know, unearthing egregious waste in our federal government, and making ‘em squeal, is something that’s a priority for me. And in Washington, D.C.,... -
Here’s a headline I would never have thought I’d read in America in 2022: “Iowa families scour stores for baby formula.” But that’s the grim reality...
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Iowans, and Americans across the country, have been shocked and horrified by Putin’s unjust, unprovoked war on Ukraine. Innocent men, women, and children have been murdered;...
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April 29, 2022
Joni Ernst: Bidenflation is crushing Iowans.
In visits to over 20 counties the past few weeks on my 99 County Tour, I was asked by Iowans across the state about a wide range of issues—from the war in Ukraine and our... -
Since the start of Vladimir Putin’s lawless war on Ukraine, the world has witnessed the horrific atrocities he is perpetrating on innocent men, women, and children. His...
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In March alone, U.S. Border Patrol arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to illegally cross the Southern border. That’s the highest one-month total in 20 years, and follows...
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April 02, 2022
Joni Ernst: Biden's Budget Blunder
Joni Ernst: Biden's Budget Blunder This week President Biden repeated an old adage while announcing his Fiscal Year 2023 budget, saying, “Don’t tell me what you... -
March 25, 2022
Joni Ernst: Ukraine can win this war.
Last weekend, I led a group of ten senators, Republicans, Democrats, and even one Independent, on a bipartisan Senate delegation visit to Poland and Germany. We traveled... -
March 23, 2022
Sen. Joni Ernst: Energy security is national security
Those who occupy senior positions in the Biden administration are more out of touch with average Americans than ever. At a time when Americans are spending more money on food,... -
After weeks of dragging their feet, and under bipartisan pressure, on Tuesday the Biden administration finally took steps to ban imports of oil and natural gas from Russia. As...
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March 05, 2022
Joni Ernst: Ukraine's military desperately needs more lethal aid and Congress must step up
The shock and horror of Russian President Vladimir Putin's lawless and bloody invasion of Ukraine are giving way to the fog of war. Exact data on casualty counts, the progress of... -
President Biden’s first State of the Union Address came as nearly everything in our country is looking “up.” Consumer prices, violent crime, our national debt, illegal border...
