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Joni Ernst
stated on August 24, 2022 in a newsletter:

“The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says with the supersized staff, the IRS audit rate ‘would rise for ALL taxpayers’ regardless of income, and would even result in audits of innocent Americans who have paid their taxes and don’t owe the IRS anything.”

By Lyle Muller • August 30, 2022
Joni Ernst
stated on May 28, 2022 in a newsletter:

$3 million per day in "your tax dollars" are being spent to guard "unused border wall materials."

By Nina Baker • June 16, 2022
Joni Ernst
stated on March 19, 2022 in an email newsletter:

“Gas prices have been going up since the president’s first day in office, starting with his move to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline.”

By Eleanor Hildebrandt • March 30, 2022
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2020 in a debate:

“I have been very clear with DACA. Even in my campaign six years ago I stood for those Dreamers.”

By Madison Black • October 29, 2020
Joni Ernst
stated on September 28, 2014 in a debate:

Says personhood legislation she sponsored would not have restricted access to reproductive services and was "simply a statement that I support life."

By Lauren Carroll • September 30, 2014