Top 25 Joni Ernst Quotes

Our fighters would be nowhere if they didn’t have the support coming from folks like those that served with me.

I am very proud of my service, and by law, I am defined as a combat veteran.

It was only by luck and the blessings of God that my soldiers did not encounter an assault, that we did not run over an IED. And to dishonor our service by saying we’re not worthy of being called combat veterans is insulting to the majority of men and women who serve their country honorably.

Those that have received care here in Des Moines at the VA center or the VA hospital here have said that they do receive good care. However, it’s getting into the system – the wait periods. We have to do something about that. The care here has been good. We’re not seeing that in other states.

I am a woman and, second, I have been to war. I am a combat veteran. This is not a war on women, and anytime Democrats use the word ‘war,’ they need to do it to honor our servicemen and women.

You have to be a leader with a vision, and you have to show Iowans that you want it… and not just a woman.

When I get to Washington, I’ll know how to cut pork. Washington is full of big spenders. Let’s make them squeal.

I grew up in southwest Iowa, on a farm north of Stanton, Iowa, which is a tiny little town, a farming community. I went to Iowa State University and joined Army ROTC while I was there and just have had such a phenomenal life. I am a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

I say scrap the IRS. Let’s start all over again.

It’s time to stop spending money we don’t have and balance the budget.

We want Iowa to remain red. We have worked so hard to get here. We will not be a purple state: we will be a red state.

In the fields of southwest Iowa, my parents and grandparents worked and sacrificed. Like so many Iowans, the American Dream for them was never about wealth or fame. Their dream was to leave their children and grandchildren a better life, with greater opportunity, than their own.

I do not support a federal minimum wage. I think every state has a different economy, a different cost of living. I don’t believe that’s the role of the federal government.

There’s a lot we can achieve if we work together.

Growing up, I had only one good pair of shoes. So on rainy school days, my mom would slip plastic bread bags over them to keep them dry. But I was never embarrassed. Because the school bus would be filled with rows and rows of young Iowans with bread bags slipped over their feet.

Americans have been hurting, but when we demanded solutions, too often Washington responded with the same stale mindset that led to failed policies like Obamacare. It’s a mindset that gave us political talking points, not serious solutions.

I believe that wholeheartedly – that we have to maintain a strong national defense.

The state knows best how to protect resources.

We have to have somebody that will express conservative views, of course, and I’m looking for somebody that is very Reaganesque. Someone that can reach all aspects of our voting population here in America.

The push for ‘Meatless Mondays’ in our military is misguided at best and goes against dietary guidelines. Our men and women in uniform should have the option to consume the protein they need, including meat, on a daily basis.

Let’s shut down the EPA.

I can tell you that the Iowa way – the Iowa way is to find out that there is a problem and acknowledge it and address it head-on.

I don’t know the science behind climate change. I can’t say one way or another what is the direct impact, whether it’s man-made or not.

I do believe that we need to lower taxes on our hard working Iowans immediately.

I believe that businesses will do what is best for their business. I don’t know that the government needs to be stepping in and telling them, ‘This is what you will do.’