Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst said it’s been a lonely fight for the past several years to cut the federal government’s wasteful spending, but she feels the tables are turning now with the incoming Donald Trump administration.
Ernst specifically pointed to Trump’s announced Department of Government Efficiency, which will be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
The senator posted Monday on X that she’s providing the two businessmen “with a blueprint to eliminate trillions in waste.”

My fellow Iowans sent me to the Senate 10 years ago to make the porkers squeal.
It has been a lonely fight, but the tables are turning.
I am equipping @elonmusk, @VivekGRamaswamy, and @DOGE with a blueprint to eliminate trilli …