by Senator Joni Ernst | Aug 6, 2021 | Congress, Opinion, Policy
A humanitarian crisis. A national security crisis. A public health crisis. That’s the reality at our southern border. We’re nearly seven months into the Biden Administration, and they are refusing to step up and take action. It’s hard to ignore the facts. 210,000...
by Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Aug 6, 2021 | Congress, Policy
According to recent numbers shared by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), agents have encountered over 200,000 migrants at our southern border in July alone. Daily encounters are estimated at around 6,779 individuals per day, reaching the highest levels of illegal...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Jul 30, 2021 | Congress, Policy
Earlier this year, Democrats tried to spend more than $100 million to extend a subway from San Francisco—not far from the Speaker of the House’s congressional district—to Silicon Valley. While Speaker Pelosi successfully snuck this earmark into a strictly partisan...
by Caleb Lillquist | Jun 28, 2021 | Congress, Policy
Recently, Michelle Root, the mother who lost her daughter to an undocumented immigrant who drunk drove and killed her daughter in a car accident, gave testimony to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Before Root gave damning testimony on how Democrat-led border...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Jun 25, 2021 | Congress, Opinion, Policy
When I served as the Montgomery County Auditor, I was tasked with many different responsibilities. Preparing and certifying tax levies, maintaining financial records, serving as the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors, keeping real estate transfer records—you name it....
by John Hendrickson | Jun 24, 2021 | Opinion, Policy, State Government, Taxation
This year Iowa’s top corporate tax rate decreased from 12 percent, the highest in the nation, to 9.8 percent. Even at 9.8 percent, Iowa’s corporate tax rate is high. Many states have or are in the process of gradually lowering their corporate income tax rates....
