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Joni Ernst

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Joni Kay Ernst is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Iowa since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, she is the first woman to represent Iowa in the U.S. Senate. Ernst has focused on issues such as agriculture, rural development, and veterans' affairs throughout her tenure. She has been an advocate for bipartisan efforts to address the needs of rural communities and has emphasized the importance of legislation that supports farmers and agricultural interests in Iowa.

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Aug 29, 2025

Bring it on, folks. Because I tell you, at the end of the day, Iowa is going to be red.

cbsnews.com
Aug 29, 2025

Every day we get a new Democratic member of the House or Senate that decides to run for this Senate seat — bring it on.

cbsnews.com
Aug 14, 2025

We know that federal government is not the answer when it comes to issues at the local level.

cnn.com
Aug 11, 2025

Uncle Sam gets away with it because Washington plays with its own set of rules. And no matter how you roll the dice, Washington-opoly is a losing game for taxpayers.

reason.com
Jul 30, 2025

For too long, taxpayers have been taken for a ride by budget-busting boondoggles.

nypost.com
Jul 30, 2025

The American people should not be forced to continue writing a blank check for pet projects that keep costing more but never seem to be completed.

nypost.com
Jul 17, 2025

I will continue working with the Trump administration to put a stop to the splashy spending of the Biden years.

nypost.com
Jul 17, 2025

Bureaucrats might think wasting millions is a drop in the bucket, but I am sick and tired of taxpayers getting tossed in the deep end by Washington.

nypost.com
Jul 16, 2025

Biden’s multi-billion-dollar EV fleet for the USPS is lost in the mail and more than $1 billion is postmarked to order more.

nypost.com
Jul 11, 2025

Washington hasn’t learned any lessons from COVID-19.

nypost.com
Jul 11, 2025

While we celebrate this long overdue win today, the fight is not over, and I will continue working to ensure that not a single tax dollar is wasted boosting the research of our adversaries or on conducting cruel and unethical experiments…

nypost.com
Jul 11, 2025

It is insane that I’ve had to fight for years to stop funding foreign adversaries’ labs and shady experiments by Chinese scientists with American defense dollars.

nypost.com
Jul 10, 2025

I am thrilled to see my Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act closer to becoming law

breitbart.com
Jul 10, 2025

This is a major step in bringing supply chains home, boosting domestic manufacturing, and ending our reliance on foreign adversaries for critical goods.

breitbart.com
Jun 30, 2025

well, we all are going to die. For heaven’s sakes.

truthout.org
Jun 25, 2025

Well, we are all going to die

msnbc.com
Jun 25, 2025

I am confident that we get the bill done. Is it by the Fourth of July? Maybe.

nypost.com
Jun 3, 2025

I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth.

slate.com
Jun 3, 2025

Well, we all are going to die, so …

slate.com
Jun 2, 2025

We are going to focus on those that are most vulnerable. Those that meet the eligibility requirements for Medicaid, we will protect. We will protect them.

msnbc.com
Jun 2, 2025

Well, we all are going to die.

msnbc.com
Jun 1, 2025

Well, we all are going to die anyway.

msnbc.com

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