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May 21, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Holds VA Accountable for Misusing Taxpayer Dollars
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... -
May 21, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Efforts Defunded China’s Wuhan Institute, Now EcoHealth Alliance
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... -
May 15, 2024 | Press Release
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... -
May 07, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst: FDIC Misconduct Must Be Fully Prosecuted, Top to Bottom
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... -
May 07, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Exposes Department of Energy’s ‘Green New Deal Jobs Program’
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... -
April 24, 2024 | Press Release
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 24, 2024 | Newsletter
April 2024 Squeal Award - Defense Dollars Advancing China’s Ambitions to be the World’s AI Superpower
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April 10, 2024 | Press Release
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... -
April 03, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst, Peters Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Oversight of Federal Telework
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase transparency of federal telework policies. Following... -
April 01, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Calls Bureaucrats to Work as Social Security Admin Ignores Iowans
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... -
March 27, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Exposes Federal Workers’ In-Person Protest Against Showing Up for Work
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Representative Scott Franklin (R-Fla.) called out the hypocrisy of federal employees advocating against returning to the office by... -
March 26, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst's Bipartisan Billion Dollar Boondoggle Bill Passes Senate
WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan’s (D-N.H.) bipartisan Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act was passed by the full Senate. The legislation would require the... -
March 14, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Fights to Track Taxpayer Dollars Subsidizing Federal Employee Unions
WASHINGTON – In honor of Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of transparency in government, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is leading the Taxpayer-Funded Union Time... -
March 13, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Expands Investigation on Impact of USDA’s Telework
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s... -
March 12, 2024 | Press Release
It’s Sunshine Week: Ernst Shines a Light on Biden Hiding Billions of Dollars in Secret Spending
WASHINGTON – While the president is proposing hiking Washington spending, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is exposing how and where Biden is hiding billions of taxpayer dollars... -
March 12, 2024 | Newsletter
March 2024 Squeal Award - The Treasury Department
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February 29, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Calls on Vilsack to Conduct Critical USDA Oversight
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, questioned Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tom Vilsack on... -
February 26, 2024 | Newsletter
February 2024 Squeal Award: The United Nations
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February 15, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst Demands Answers for “Fowl” Play
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is demanding answers to why the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding a collaboration with a Chinese Communist... -
January 26, 2024 | Press Release
Ernst: Rot at FDIC Runs Even Deeper
WASHINGTON – Following Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) senior official Mark A. Black’s guilty plea on child pornography production charges, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)...