by Senator Joni Ernst | Apr 25, 2022 | Congress, Law Enforcement, Policy
In March alone, U.S. Border Patrol arrested 210,000 migrants attempting to illegally cross the Southern border. That’s the highest one-month total in 20 years, and follows last year’s record of 1.9 million arrests by border patrol agents. These numbers show no signs...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Apr 3, 2022 | Congress, Opinion
This week President Biden repeated an old adage while announcing his Fiscal Year 2023 budget, saying, “Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” Well, I have a message for President Biden: your budget certainly doesn’t...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Mar 27, 2022 | Congress, Opinion
Last weekend, I led a group of ten senators, Republicans, Democrats, and even one Independent, on a bipartisan Senate delegation visit to Poland and Germany. We traveled together to demonstrate America’s unwavering support for the freedom-loving people of Ukraine and...
by Senator Joni Ernst | Mar 4, 2022 | Opinion
President Biden’s first State of the Union Address came as nearly everything in our country is looking “up.” Consumer prices, violent crime, our national debt, illegal border crossings, and our trade deficit—they’re all up. What’s not up, though, is the public’s view...
by Caleb Lillquist | Feb 24, 2022 | Campaigns, Congress
The first-ever Bastion Institute event was held in Des Moines Wednesday evening covering the dire state of current world affairs. The panel featured former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Senator Joni Ernst, and Former Ambassador to China and Iowa Governor Terry...
