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  • Don’t drink the water! That’s my advice if you’re visiting a government building any time soon. Despite the Biden-Harris administration’s promise that “every American should be...
  • Agriculture is at the heart of the Iowa State Fair Every August, more than a million people from around the globe converge in Des Moines for eleven Amazingly Amusing days filled...
  • Innovation should not just come from Washington when it is thriving right here in the heartland. In Iowa, small businesses make up 99% of businesses and employ more than 50% of the...
  • Today, eight of our fellow citizens are still being held in Gaza by the ruthless terror regime that wants nothing more than the death and destruction of Israel and the United...
  • Our government is supposed to be “by the people and for the people.” Unfortunately, an obscure Supreme Court decision made four decades ago effectively handcuffed citizens and...
  • June 21, 2024

    Digging Holes

    — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Joe Biden wants you to know he is spending your money—and lots of it—by putting up thousands of billboards along roads and other publicly funded projects over the country declaring...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    We are batting a thousand, folks! First, we defunded China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). Then we clipped the wings of EcoHealth Alliance (EHA), the shady group that was...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Originally published in Washington Examiner Government employees showing up for work shouldn’t make headlines. But recently, it has. Bureaucrats from the Department of...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy, comprising 99.9% of all American businesses and employing nearly half of our nation’s workforce. They produce 16.5 times more...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Artificial intelligence (AI) was engineered to make our lives easier but poses the possibility of being twisted into menacing machines that wage war against mankind. At least, it’s...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Biden’s border is a nightmare, but Senate Democrats refuse to wake up and address the crisis. Hardly a day goes by without hearing of another American who has fallen victim to...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Bureaucrats were busted trying to bamboozle taxpayers by hiding the shocking price tag of a pork project pushed by former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Biden. A...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Spring is slowly but surely spreading across our great state, and that means one thing is certain: summer will be here before we know it. Many Iowans will spend their summers on...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Imagine paying for a security system that enables, rather than deters, home intruders. Well folks, that’s what’s happening. The U.S. contributes more than $18 billion in taxpayer...
  • Despite President Biden begging bureaucrats to return to work, government buildings remain largely abandoned, and Washington, D.C. is a ghost town. Agency heads have mysteriously...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Agriculture shapes our way of life in Iowa. Our heritage and traditions are rooted deep in the fields that cover our great state. That’s why I was thrilled to celebrate National...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    It’s often said that your own education is one of the best investments you can make. For many students, that investment looks like heading off to college. Even as the cost of...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Eight years ago this week, Iowans Michelle and Scott Root woke up to every parent’s worst nightmare: Their daughter, Sarah, had been killed by a drunk driver. Sarah, a 21-year-old...
  • — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    Imagine one of your coworkers skips out—for days—and nobody, not even the boss, notices.Sounds pretty farfetched, since the workplaces I’ve visited across Iowa are pretty...
  • January 19, 2024

    Ernst: All in for Life

    — by Sen. Joni Ernst
    This week, we witnessed Americans from tiny towns and big cities come together on the National Mall in celebration of the gift we all share – life. During this year’s March for...