Make 'Em Squeal News
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February 14, 2025 | Press Release
ICYMI: Ernst Holds USAID Accountable
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is working with President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to hold the U.S. Agency for... -
February 13, 2025 | Press Release
Ernst Exposes More Jaw-Dropping Wasteful Foreign Aid at USAID
WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) exposed millions of dollars of waste... -
February 11, 2025 | Press Release
Ernst Says No More Union Time on Taxpayers Dime
WASHINGTON – As part of her sweeping effort to get the absent federal workforce back to work and serving the American people, U.S. Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is... -
January 24, 2025 | Newsletter
January 2025 Squeal Award - Misbehaving Bureaucrats Spending Billions Refurbishing Bad Reputations
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January 23, 2025 | Press Release
Ernst Bags Bureaucrat Swag
WASHINGTON – After a recent report estimated that Washington spends more than $1.8 billion annually on “advertising” and millions more on mascots, trinkets, and trash, U.S. Senate... -
January 20, 2025 | Press Release
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 | Press Release
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 15, 2025 | Press Release
Ernst Launches Inspector General Caucus
WASHINGTON – To continue her work as a champion for taxpayers, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is leading a bipartisan group of senators in launching the Inspector General Caucus... -
January 08, 2025 | Press Release
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... -
January 07, 2025 | Press Release
Ernst’s First Bills of New Congress Drain the Swamp
WASHINGTON – In the first week of the 119th Congress, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) took action on her leading priority of putting taxpayers first by introducing a trio of bills... -
December 20, 2024 | Press Release
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 19, 2024 | Press Release
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 13, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Demands Biden Halt Lame Duck Spending Spree
WASHINGTON – After Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said her goal is to spend every single dollar in the CHIPS for America program before President-elect Donald Trump takes... -
December 11, 2024 | Press Release
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 | Press Release
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 | Press Release
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 | Press Release
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 | Newsletter
November 2024 Squeal Award - Let's Talk Turkey
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November 24, 2024 | Press Release
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...