5 days ago · In November 2023, Ernst began investigating USAID’s assistance to small businesses in Ukraine. In March 2024 she led a bipartisan effort to eliminate waste at the agency. In May 2024, USAID’s obstruction of her oversight efforts led Ernst to call for a probe of the agency’s implementing partners and recipients of aid by the Inspector ...

1 day ago · The Trump administration touted the “long list of crap” that it will be cutting from USAID, including $6 million to fund tourism in Egypt, $1.1 million to an Armenian LGBT group, and $2.5 ...

Feb 4, 2025 · Republican Sen. Joni Ernst disclosed in an X Spaces forum with DOGE Head Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday that USAID issued “all kinds of threats” to the Republican and her office for...

Sen. Joni Ernst accused USAID of sabotaging congressional attempts at oversight. AP Democrats have engaged in protests seeking to restore USAID to its pre-Trump administration arrangement.

Feb 4, 2025 · Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) celebrated ... Musk indicated Monday that USAID is “beyond repair” after several senior officials were placed on leave for not complying with President Donald Trump's ...

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Jun 27, 2024 · WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is following up on her previous request for a comprehensive review of telework and locality pay policies by demanding action from the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.

Apr 25, 2023 · WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, are demanding answers from U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power on the agency’s lackluster stewardship of taxpayer dollars appropriated for ...

Feb 3, 2025 · Senator Joni Ernst said that USAID threatened her when she found out exactly what taxpayers' money intended for Ukraine was being spent on.: "I wanted to know exactly how these dollars are spent. We received all kinds of threats from USAID because I was trying to exercise my oversight powers in Congress."

Mar 23, 2024 · WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Chris Coons, D-Del., Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., introduced the Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response Act to improve United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) collaboration with local partners and end abuse of taxpayer dollars.