Joni Ernst: “This was not just one isolated case in one hospital, but it was in many different locations across the United States…”

Watt’s fair is fair—and passing these costs on to Iowans isn’t.

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.

Fraud is not a victimless crime, either.

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.