EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Reveals More Examples Of HUD Bureaucrats Bilking Taxpayers
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst wrote on Monday highlighting more cases of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) bureaucrats who are abusing programs that allow taxpayers to work for unions. Ernst details whether bureaucrats claimed to be unionized while they were on leave or spending time in prison, and is said to have started small businesses […]
EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Asks Transportation Sec To Hand Over List Of $1 Billion Projects That Are Way Behind Schedule
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst asked Department of Transport Secretary Shawn Duffy to provide a list of Department of Transport’s “Billion Dollar Bundogle” projects on Tuesday that were either over budget or behind schedule. In a letter sent Tuesday, Ernst requested that the list be made that projects that are delayed in schedules of more […]
EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Unveils Legislation To Track Bureaucrats’ Work For Unions On Taxpayer Time
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst and Florida Republican Sen. Scott Franklin introduced the law Friday, requiring the Department of Personnel Management (OPM) to track the time and money spent on union activities by federal officials. OPM previously agreed to resume tracking “Taxpayer-Funded Union Time” (TFUT) in a February 27 memo provided to the Daily Caller […]
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Joni Ernst Urges DOD To Kill Contracts With Chinese Intel-Tied Defense Contractor
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst on Tuesday called on the Department of Defense (DOD) to investigate US defense contractors owned by individuals with extensive ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence and influence agencies, according to a letter obtained solely by the Daily Carell News Foundation. Ernst’s letter urges an audit with New York-based […]
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Agrees To Put Taxpayer-Funded Union Work Back Under Microscope After Joni Ernst Request
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will once again report on the time and money federal employees spend union activities during the Biden administration following a request from Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa. Ernst and Republican Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas I was urged OPM introduced Ernst “protecting taxpayer wallets in 2025” on February […]
EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Introduces Bill To Scale Back Taxpayer-Funded Perks For Ex-Presidents Who Are Rolling In Dough
If the law introduced Monday by the Republican Senator in Iowa becomes law, a former president who makes big money from speaking fees, media transactions or memoirs can settle taxpayer-funded benefits. I did. The law entitled “Modernization of Presidential Allowances Act” provides a former president with a pension of $200,000 a year and a allowance […]
Joni Ernst Says USAID ‘Abused The System,’ Agency Threatened Her For Seeking Transparency
Republican Senator Joni Erunst appeared in New Smax on Monday, hindering members of the United States International Development Bureau (USAID), threatening to overturn how it would distribute money. For exterior Ernst spoke about past issues with USAID in “Records with Greta Van Stellen,” and dissatisfied with the lack of transparency in how to distribute the […]
‘He Has Done A Lot Of Work’: Joni Ernst Endorses Hegseth For Defense Secretary
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, confirmed her support for former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary late Tuesday following his first confirmation hearing in the Senate. Mr. Ernst had previously expressed skepticism about Mr. Hegseth’s nomination. In an interview with local radio host Simon Conway, Ernst said he was able to persuade Hegseth because […]
EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Rails Against Biden Admin For Erroneously Sending $293 Million To Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday blasted the Biden administration for mistakenly sending at least $293 million to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, according to a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), State Department bureaus did not properly vet recipients of $293 million in aid […]
EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Demands Watchdog Investigate Federal Bureaucrats Over Remote Work ‘Abuses’
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa on Thursday again called on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to review its policies over potential abuses of the agency's remote work policy and “ongoing geographic pay fraud.” In a letter to USAID Inspector General Paul K. Martin, Earnest cited an incident in which a USAID employee […]
