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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) introduced the Furthering Operations for Resiliency, Transparency, and Integrity to Fortify (FORTIFY)...
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June 27, 2024
Ernst Demands USAID Answer for Payroll Fraud
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is following up on her previous request for a comprehensive review of telework and locality pay policies by demanding action from the... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding the Department of Defense (DoD) release the full, unredacted report she...
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June 21, 2024
June 2024 Squeal Award - Digging Holes
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is calling out the Biden administration for putting up thousands of billboards along roads and other publicly-funded projects all over...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are calling on Department of...
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WASHINGTON – Bureaucrats not showing up to work are being overpaid and avoiding accountability, according to new findings by an investigation requested by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst...
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May 31, 2024
May 2024 Squeal Award - Batting 1000
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WASHINGTON – After a new union agreement that allows “telework for up to 10 days per pay period,” even though there are 10 days in a pay period, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is...
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May 30, 2024
Ernst is Batting 1000
WASHINGTON – After she led the charge to permanently debar the Wuhan Institute of Virology and defund EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) from receiving U.S. taxpayer dollars, U.S. Senator... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran, demanded the repayment of nearly $11 million in unjustified bonuses that were distributed to senior executives...
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WASHINGTON – After she led the charge to permanently debar the Wuhan Institute of Virology and defund EcoHealth Alliance from receiving U.S. taxpayer dollars, U.S. Senator Joni...
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May 15, 2024
ICYMI: Government employees need to get back to work
By: Sen. Joni Ernst As published in Washington Examiner Government employees showing up for work shouldn’t make headlines. But recently, it has. Bureaucrats from the Department of... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement on the third-party investigation into the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) workplace...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is calling out Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm for her statement that the Biden administration is “practicing...
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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 10, 2024
Ernst to Biden’s Bureaucrats: You’re Busted!
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is asking anyone having difficulty getting timely assistance or even a callback from government agencies, including civil servants... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase transparency of federal telework policies. Following...
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WASHINGTON – After a whistleblower revealed that the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Sioux City field office was failing to respond to Iowans, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst...