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July 18, 2025
Ernst: Eliminating $9 Billion of Waste in Washington
Over the past decade since my fellow Iowans sent me to Washington to make the big spenders squeal, I’ve been exposing waste, fraud, and abuse almost too insane to believe. This... -
July 03, 2025
Ernst: American Dream is Strong
From the fireworks to the waving American flags, the Fourth of July is all about patriotism. While this weekend is a time of celebration with backyard barbeques and hot dogs, we... -
June 30, 2025
Ernst: Washington Going Bankrupt While Wasting Billions of Taxpayer Dollars on Unused and Unneeded Properties
Despite being the nation’s largest landlord, Uncle Sam will never win a round of Monopoly, the classic boardgame where players try to make money—and avoid going bankrupt—by buying,... -
June 02, 2025
Ernst: Putting Iowans First
For the last four years, we saw our southern border turned into a glorified turnstile with a record flood of illegal immigrants and drug trafficking by murderous cartels. Iowans... -
Our nation’s safety net shouldn’t be strained by subsidizing the lifestyles of the self-sufficient. Yet, too many of the idle rich are living high off the hog, collecting...
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Small businesses are the lifeblood of Iowa’s economy, making up more than 99% of all businesses and employing 82% of workers. These businesses mean so much more than the...
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May 02, 2025
Ernst: Biden’s Beijing Giveaways
Tax Day has come and gone, and working Americans were hit with a bill averaging $14,000 or more. There’s probably a whole lot you’d prefer doing with the earnings you worked for... -
Originally published in The Daily Caller Eight years ago, I worked with President Trump to enact the most significant simplification of our tax code in decades, the Tax Cuts and...
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April 17, 2025
Ernst: California wants to ban our bacon? Not on my watch.
Originally published in Washington Examiner California is home to high taxes, billion dollar boondoggles, and a liberal agenda. Clearly, the folks there shouldn’t be calling the... -
March 28, 2025
Ernst: In Celebration of Iowa Agriculture
In Iowa, agriculture connects us all. Those of us who live on farms, in rural communities, and even in cities across our great state are fortunate to have a deep-rooted... -
Happy Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of openness in government! Information provides the power to hold the powerful accountable. Notably, during the Biden administration,...
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February 07, 2025
Ernst: Kelly Loeffler is the champion small businesses need
Originally published in Washington Examiner In Iowa and across the country, Main Street is in trouble. Small businesses are the lifeblood of communities, but under former President... -
January 31, 2025
Sarah’s Law is Law of the Land
Nine years ago today, our state faced the loss of one of our own. A young Iowan, Sarah Root, was killed by an illegal immigrant driving drunk. While this day will always be a... -
January 17, 2025
New Year, New Congress, Same Dedication to Serving Iowans
When I look back on 2024, one of my highlights was connecting with Iowans on my River to River Tour. I celebrated a decade of crisscrossing Iowa from the Mississippi River to the... -
December 20, 2024
Biden’s Christmas Gift to the Bah Humbug Bureaucrats: Another Four-Year Staycation Away from the Office
In the Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol,” three ghosts show up on Christmas Eve and go to work trying to convince Scrooge to change his ways.That’s better in-person... -
WASHINGTON – In response to the tragic news that Iran-backed Hamas has killed American hostage Omer Neutra, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement: “As a...
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November 27, 2024
Let’s Talk Turkey!
My fellow Iowans sent me to the Senate ten years ago to make the porkers squeal. It’s been a very lonely fight. Even in this era of political polarization, Democrats and... -
October 25, 2024
Biden-Harris More Effective Arming Our Enemies Than Our Allies
Products arrived damaged and moldy. Equipment was unserviceable and poorly packaged. The shelf life on some items already expired. Other parts were delivered in the incorrect... -
September 27, 2024
Ernst: Biden-Harris Undervaluing our Heroes and Underwriting our Adversaries
Vice President Kamala Harris laughs off her flip-flopping on issue after issue by insisting her positions may be shifty, but her “values have not changed.” So how do we even know... -
August 30, 2024
Ernst: Get the Lead Out
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...
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