Joni Ernst

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) told Breitbart News that she aims to codify her fixes in the Big Beautiful Bill to prevent fraudulent payments in federal programs.

Sen. Joni Ernst said that $79 billion in coronavirus aid fraud was easily preventable had government bureaucrats put simple safeguards in place.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said Democrats “actually care” while Republicans like Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) lacked compassion.

Pollster Sarah Longwell said Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) must be having a “nervous breakdown” over her Medicaid comments, saying death is inevitable.

The Senate must amend the House-passed President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill to root out waste, fraud, and abuse while protecting healthcare benefits for Americans, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) explained on The Alex Marlow Show.

On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) talked about wasteful spending on government credit cards. Ernst said, “[T]he federal government, through GSA credit cards, has 4.6 million active credit cards and accounts…we have a little less than half

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) will say during a Senate Small Business Committee hearing on Wednesday that revitalizing the American industrial base starts with boosting small businesses.

Rep. Mark Alford (R-OH) told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement that his legislation to relocate Small Business Administration (SBA) offices across America gives small businesses a “seat at the table.”

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Monday introduced legislation that would sell off millions of dollars of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) firearms to pay for the national debt.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) proposed legislation on Wednesday that would extend the statute of limitations to catch the potentially millions of individuals who took advantage of coronavirus pandemic-era aid.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said a Government Accountability Institute (GAO) report found lax oversight by the SBA over hundreds of billions of dollars in coronavirus aid loans and grants doled out during the Biden-administration was either “jaw-dropping incompetence or willful negligence.” Ernst cannot decide which is worse.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said in a statement to Breitbart News that Congress needs to empower a special inspector general to uncover more of the billions of dollars in coronavirus aid fraud.

GOP Senators are demanding information from the Small Business Administration (SBA) about how much COVID-19 aid Planned Parenthood affiliates received. 

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) unveiled legislation that would short circuit the failed $7.5 billion electric vehicle program instituted by President Joe Biden, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a leading senator on slashing government waste, gave the inside story on how the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was “ready to go” in cutting $2 trillion in government waste during an exclusive appearance on The Alex Marlow Show.

Helping the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uncover government waste is “why I was put into the Senate,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said during an appearance on The Alex Marlow Show.

Sen. Joni Ernst wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio detailing the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) “anti-American agenda.”

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) will introduce Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard at her Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, Breitbart News can exclusively reveal.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) in a statement to Breitbart News said that Republicans are passing the Laken Riley Act and Sarah’s Law to close loopholes that prevent illegal aliens criminals from facing justice.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) reportedly announced that she will be supporting Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, to be confirmed.

Sen. Joni Ernst’s said her “frank conversations” with Pete Hegseth have led to progress on issues facing the Pentagon.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Monday introduced legislation that could very well serve as the next step in the national immigration debate.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) on Thursday proposed legislation aimed at combatting Mexican cartels’ surveillance of border patrol agents, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) secured a provision in the defense bill to empower the Department of Defense to combat drones and other unmanned aircraft from crossing America’s borders.

Key provisions from Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst to strengthen the Abraham Accords nations against Iranian aggression have been included in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), reinforcing regional alliances and advanced security capabilities, while building on President Trump’s historic framework to confront shared threats and achieve regional peace.

Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth’s Senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for the second week of January, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee told CNN.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Monday wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding answers about the big tech platform censoring military recruitment content.

A whistleblower’s claims are drawing attention to the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth on Monday evening spoke positively about his second meeting with Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) earlier in the day, as he works to win over support from her and other senators who are responsible for confirming him for the position.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) took another critical step Monday towards voting to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) revealed that Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, “deserves” an “opportunity to lay out his vision” for the nation’s “warfighters.”

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Thursday, after a groundswell of support for Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, denied she is behind a campaign on Capitol Hill to tank his nomination and seek the job herself.