Joni Ernst: “Thank you very much, Chairman Merkley, and to as well Ranking Member Wicker, for having this Subcommittee hearing.”

“Doe a Deer has woven creativity, hard work, and community into every aspect of its business,” said Chair Ernst.

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

In Iowa, we believe in a simple rule: you plug in, you pay up.

Because unemployment programs are funded primarily by taxing employers, this federal mandate is effectively a reverse Robin Hood tax that takes from struggling small businesses to give to the idle rich and self-sufficient.