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Joni Ernst: “The values of hard work and self-sufficiency have defined who we are as a nation.”

On the recordJune 4, 2026
The values of hard work and self-sufficiency have defined who we are as a nation.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Concluding remarks on American values.

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