Joni Ernst: “Benefits cliffs create a paradox where the federal government, in effect, penalizes workers and leaves them worse off…”

I’m disappointed that Senate Democrats refused to protect hardworking families from Big Tech companies who can afford to pay their own way.

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.

Washington math doesn't add up, but my Billion Dollar Boondoggle law will restore accountability to its shady accounting. Taxpayers deserve this transparency, and it will protect them from being put on the hook for hundreds of billions of…

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