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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.

Sep 30, 2015

I am extremely frustrated with the cost overruns, not being on time. There's no excuse.

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Sep 29, 2015

I am going to hit one other agency that I think has the potential to do so much good for so many men and women that have put their hand up and sworn to defend and uphold our Constitution and defend our freedoms here in the great United…

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Sep 29, 2015

Do you think an agency like the VA should be spending $562,000 on art work in one week?

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Sep 29, 2015

Wasteful, wasteful spending. We have to do better for our taxpayers.

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Sep 29, 2015

I will echo what you said about all levels of government.

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Sep 29, 2015

I did not think that is what the Federal student loan program was for.

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Sep 28, 2015

I think we are failing in this effort.

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Sep 22, 2015

I will stop you right there. One, then, it sounds like maybe we should have gone through the rulemaking process rather than doing a memorandum on this if we are engaging the public in such a manner.

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Sep 22, 2015

I am encouraging OSHA to open this up to formal rulemaking.

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Sep 22, 2015

if we are going through a 2-year process engaging the public, then it should be through a formal rulemaking process.

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Sep 22, 2015

But, again, two separate substances, and we are responding to a situation that certainly needed some guidance to fill some gaps, but what the agency ended up doing was covering a whole other group of chemicals where there has not been…

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