- On Presidents’ Day, Ernst Pushes Bills to End Taxpayer Funded Presidential Campaigns, Cap Presidential Perks
- Joni Ernst and Anthony Bellotti: Suppressing Information Might Work in China, but We Should Not Stand for It
- Two Ernst-Backed Transparency Bills Advance With Unanimous, Bipartisan Support
- Joni Ernst: Sunshine is the best disinfectant—because to stop waste, we first need to be able to spot it.
- Ernst Wants Report Card on Schools’ Reopening Status, Accountability for How Tax Dollars Are Being Spent
- Ernst: “The only reason to keep taxpayers in the dark about any of these decisions is because they can’t withstand the scrutiny that results when all of the facts come to light.”
- Ernst One Step Closer to Bringing Billion Dollar Boondoggles to a ‘Squealing’ Halt
- As Bureaucrats Ignore Federal Transparency Requirements, Ernst Calls on HHS Inspector General to Investigate
- At Start of Sunshine Week, Ernst Exposes Hypocrisy of Government Climate Officials, Pushes for Transparency
- During Sunshine Week, Ernst Rolls Out Government Transparency, Accountability Efforts
- Joni Ernst: Don’t let the swamp strike back: Keep earmarks away from Congress
- Making ‘Em Squeal: Ernst Ushers Two Government Transparency Measures Into Law
- Joni Ernst: As we head into the New Year, I will always put Iowa first.
- In 2020, Joni Keeps Fighting, Delivering for Iowa
- Ernst Exposes Special Tax Loophole for Communist China
- Ernst Calls on Members of Congress to be Transparent about PPP Loans
- Ernst: Taxpayers Win in the ‘War on Waste’ in Annual Defense Bill
- No More Bonus Benefits for Millionaires, Says Ernst
- Washington Times: Millionaires allowed to claim unemployment benefits in coronavirus stimulus
- Ernst Joins Calls to End US Taxpayer Funding for Wuhan Lab in China
Iowans sent me to Congress with a specific mission: cut wasteful spending and make Washington squeal.
We both know that Washington’s reckless spending is spiraling out of control, and today, we are more than $30 trillion dollars in debt! That means every Iowan’s share of the national debt exceeds $67,000.
Rather than using those hard-earned dollars for education, food, or agricultural needs, Iowans are forced to pay for Washington’s repeated reckless spending habits. We must put an end to this radical spending.
I take seriously the responsibility you have entrusted in me to make Washington more competent and less wasteful.
Please click on the links below to read more about my work to make 'em squeal in Washington.
Squeal Awards
I am constantly researching and identifying areas of waste, abuse and inefficiencies. In turn, I will be giving out my Squeal Award each month, which recognizes a Washington expense, program or concept that has proven to be wasteful and must be cut. Iowans simply should not be on the hook for these reckless spending habits.
By highlighting this out of control waste, we can work to hold Washington accountable. Please take a look at this month’s Squeal Award and find other award recipients below.
Do you have an example of government waste or inefficiencies that I should take a look at? Send me an email by clicking here.
- January 2023 Squeal Award: Fraudsters Within the Federal Workforce Double Dipping on the Dole While on the Unemployment Roll
- December 2022 Squeal Award: Warning! Sharing This Could Place You on Washington’s Naughty List
- November 2022 Squeal Award: Price Check! Bidenomics’ Hidden Costs and Surprise Fees Are Adding Up
- October 2022 Squeal Award: Taxpayers Haunted by Washington’s Spooky Spending on Tricks and Treats
- September 2022 Squeal Award: The ultimate beneficiary of U.S. taxpayer-funded research is… (this may shock you or maybe it won’t)
- August 2022 Squeal Award: Ernst: Audit the IRS!
- July 2022 Squeal Award: As it turns out, John Kerry, the “Climate Czar,” is full of hot air… 325 metric tons of it!
- June 2022 Squeal Award: The Purple Line to Nowhere…
- May Squeal Award: Washington Keeps Billing Taxpayers for a Border Wall, So Let’s Build It!
- April 2022 Squeal Award: Every Survivor Counts and Needs to be Counted.
- March 2022 Squeal Award - Who let the dogs out?
- February 2022 Squeal Award: CRACK-ing Down on the Biden Administration’s Taxpayer-Funded Crack Kit Scheme
- January 2022 Squeal Award: Paying Afghan Terrorists with Our Tax Dollars to Protect Insects? Under Joe Biden, That’s the Deal.
- December 2021 Squeal Award - Washington's Holiday Grift List
- November 2021 Squeal Award: The Taxpayer Turkey Trot
- October 2021 Squeal Award: Zombie Programs Eating Up Billions of Taxpayer Dollars
- September 2021 Squeal Award: Congressional Democrats Have Gone Hog Wild with their Reckless Tax and Spend Spree
- August 2021 Squeal Award: American Military Equipment Worth BILLIONS is Falling into the Hands of the Taliban
- July 2021 Squeal Award: Put the Brakes on the Bay Area Boondoggle
- June 2021 Squeal Awar: To find the truth about COVID-19 we need to follow the science and the money.
