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“Not What Americans Need Right Now”: With Iowans Struggling, Ernst Slams Dems for Plan to Raise Taxes

Under crushing inflation, Ernst described stories of Iowans resorting to pawn shops just to afford gas.

WASHINGTON— With Iowans struggling under crushing inflation, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today slammed President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress for their plan to raise taxes and spend even more. Ernst described stories of Iowans having to resort to pawn shops to afford gas.

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Ernst has long pushed for Democrats to give up their plan to raise taxes and increase spending, while urging the president to open up America’s domestic energy production, including increasing the use of homegrown biofuels.

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