Joni Ernst: “As I travel from river to river across Iowa, I constantly hear from working families who need more childcare options.”

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

While government boondoggles abound, the term is now officially in the law books for the first time. No politician wants their prized pet project to carry that label, but now there's no escaping it.

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.