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May 26, 2023
Ernst: Honor the Patriots
Today and throughout the weekend, all across our state, Iowans will come together to place small American flags in the grass along memorial sites and roadways to honor our fallen... -
Whether it’s growing as a young leader, winning a championship, or securing a college scholarship, sports open doors for young girls. They build confidence, develop skills to...
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May 05, 2023
Ernst: Giving Iowa Small Businesses a Voice.
Traveling from River to River across our beautiful state, I’ve found that Iowa’s entrepreneurs represent some of the best of the American dream. In the face of inflation and other... -
April 28, 2023
Hitting the Brakes on Biden’s Boondoggle Gravy Train
If you paid a contractor to build a house and you agreed to a price and timeline, but the builder blew through the timeline and racked up the price tag, you’d be pretty... -
April 21, 2023
It’s time to audit the IRS.
“In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin once observed. Turns out, he was only half right. While Iowans sat down at... -
April 04, 2023
What I’m Hearing from Small Business Owners: Childcare
Traveling across the state, from River to River, I hear directly from working families who are looking for more childcare options and small business owners on a mission to find... -
March 30, 2023
Where’s Waldo at Club Fed?
Government bureaucrats are slowly returning to the office after three years of working remotely. Washington, D.C. has the highest work-from-home rate in the country, and... -
March 24, 2023
Time is up for TikTok
Make no mistake about it, TikTok is an arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda machine living rent-free on the devices of 150 million Americans, and it’s putting... -
March 17, 2023
Biden’s WOTUS Whiplash
Expanding government is the name of the game for the Biden administration. The latest ruling on the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) drags us back to an Obama-era rule with... -
March 10, 2023
Joni Ernst: For our daughters.
Iowa has a celebrated history of exceptional girls’ sports programs. We just saw the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team take home their fifth Big Ten Tournament... -
Millions of Americans spend their lifetime planning, saving, and investing into their 401(k)s with the goal of retiring peacefully, knowing they will be financially stable...
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In the early morning on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2016, Michelle and Scott Root received the call that is every parent’s worst nightmare: Their daughter, Sarah, had been killed in a...
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February 22, 2023
Joni Ernst: It’s time to address our fentanyl epidemic with solutions equivalent to the problem.
Earlier this month, during a visit to the California-Mexico border, Border Patrol agents told me that they had recently been forced to release a smuggler caught with 50 pounds of... -
January 30, 2023
Joni Ernst: Investigation Proves Group that Funneled Tax Dollars into Chinese Labs Can’t Be Trusted with Taxpayer Money – or Bats
Nearly two years ago, I requested an investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) into EcoHealth Alliance —the... -
Since John F. Kennedy was president, Congress has annually passed a bipartisan defense bill – the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – outlining our national...
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December 09, 2022
Joni Ernst: $600 now buys you a new tax form.
When was the last time you spent $600? Maybe it was paying your rent through Venmo or buying a couch from a neighbor using PayPal. Well, the Biden Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is... -
November 18, 2022
Thanksgiving trimmings have a different meaning this year.
Pecan or pumpkin pie? Dark or light meat? Green bean casserole or mashed potatoes? These are typically the “tough” choices Iowans are forced to make each... -
November 07, 2022
Joni Ernst: It’s time to seriously address the fentanyl crisis.
“He was slumped over his bed when I opened the door… I screamed. Told my wife to call 911.” This is part of the heartbreaking story of a Des Moines father whose... -
October 17, 2022
Joni Ernst: Let’s Defund EcoHealth.
The shady organization that funneled U.S. tax dollars into China’s state-run Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) to conduct risky research on coronaviruses collected from bats...