Joni Ernst: “I think it is a reminder of just how savvy and challenging of an enemy that we are dealing with here.”

From the fields in Iowa to the battlefields in Iraq, I have worked my entire life. Unlike most of my colleagues in the Senate, I am not a millionaire. I know what it is like to live paycheck to paycheck.

We owe it to all Americans to stop the government grift.

In 2024 alone, 10,100 million-dollar earners received nearly $97.4 million in unemployment compensation. That amounts to each being paid $9,650, roughly the cost of a new Rolex watch.

Fraud is not a victimless crime, either.