Category: Ernst

Senator Demands Probe of ATF Over $9 Million in Fraudulent Payments to Employees

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) employees fraudulently received at least $9.7 million in pay and benefits over five years, according to a March 29, 2022, report from the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). The report indicates that the fraud may have gone on longer. The report says ATF is working with the…


Sen Ernst Wants to ‘Put Brakes on Boondoggles,’ Starting with Pelosi’s $6.7 Billion San Francisco Subway Extension

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) awarded her latest Squeal Award Tuesday to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for sending hundreds of millions of tax dollars to a project to extend San Francisco’s public transit system to Silicon Valley in California’s Santa Clara Valley. “Democrats attempted to earmark money in the COVID relief package earlier this year…