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Joni Ernst: Ernst secured a major win for taxpayers and our warfighters with her Stop Secret Spending Act, which requires…

On the recordJune 18, 2026
Ernst secured a major win for taxpayers and our warfighters with her Stop Secret Spending Act, which requires unclassified OTAs to be made public just like all other government spending, allowing taxpayers to see for themselves exactly how the money they send to Washington is being spent.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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On transparency in government spending.

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