Sen. Joni Ernst

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Stop the billion-dollar boondoggles: Washington spends, you get the bill

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Sen. Joni Ernst · September 18, 2026 3:09 pm

Smoke Pours From The World Trade Center After Being Hit By Two Planes September 11, 2001 In New York City. (Photo By Craig Allen/Getty Images)

Freedom is a promise. Let’s keep it

Sen. Joni Ernst · July 4, 2026 6:00 am

Early-morning light shines on shops.

Main Street innovation: The beating heart of America’s next 250 years

Sen. Joni Ernst · May 7, 2026 9:03 am

Chris Petersen looks at a Berkshire hog in a pen on his farm on April 17, 2020, near Clear Lake, Iowa. COVID-19 has created problems for all meat producers, but pork farmers have been hit especially hard. The federal government announced Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt relief for about 36,000 farmers who have fallen behind on loan payments or face foreclosure.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

California, back off our bacon

Sen. Joni Ernst · April 14, 2025 12:35 pm

Community and Family

Kelly Loeffler is the champion small businesses need

Sen. Joni Ernst · February 6, 2025 12:00 pm

Fairness and Justice

Government employees need to get back to work

Sen. Joni Ernst · May 13, 2024 6:00 am

AU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, California.

Fairness and Justice

Prioritize the safety of the public over illegal immigrants

Sen. Joni Ernst · February 1, 2024 6:00 am

Workers break ground on new border wall construction about 20 miles west of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Aug. 23, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Finish the border wall

Sen. Joni Ernst · November 27, 2023 2:35 pm

US needs a better strategy to curb the effects of Putin’s war on food

Sen. Joni Ernst · June 24, 2022 12:00 am

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks at a ceremony.

Biden must heed the threat Iran poses

Sen. Joni Ernst · January 27, 2021 4:39 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens to questions as Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington.

Why AOC wants my opponent in the Senate

Sen. Joni Ernst · October 27, 2020 10:31 am

The Left’s vicious, faith-based attacks on Amy Coney Barrett will come to nothing

Sen. Joni Ernst · October 15, 2020 4:00 am