Joni Ernst: “We will encourage you to go in and look at that or those working on that program just to make sure those dollars are as…”

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.

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

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

Fraud is not a victimless crime, either.