by Luke Martz | Apr 1, 2026 | Congress
It’s not every day that a U.S. Senator returns to their old stomping grounds to a standing ovation, but then again, not every Senator has a record like Joni Ernst. During her annual visit to the Iowa Statehouse today, the Senate took a moment to pause the...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Oct 17, 2022 | Congress, Opinion
The shady organization that funneled U.S. tax dollars into China’s state-run Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) to conduct risky research on coronaviruses collected from bats is once again being paid by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to experiment on bats. The...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Oct 1, 2022 | Congress, Opinion
Washington is spending billions of your tax dollars every year to hypothetically achieve technological dominance over Communist China, but the ultimate beneficiary of that effort may just be the CCP. That is the shocking conclusion of a Department of Defense...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Aug 1, 2022 | Congress, Opinion
Despite what the White House says, our economy is in a recession, and inflation is the highest it’s been in over 40 years. Washington Democrats keep telling us not to worry and that the problem is only temporary, yet every month the mountain Americans have to climb to...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Jul 10, 2022 | Congress
Almost one year ago, President Biden—over the advice of his experts and top military advisors—put into motion the full U.S. retreat from Afghanistan. As the world watched, the president forced a rushed and haphazard exit from the country. In its wake, the murderous...
