3 days ago · Ernst explained that for years, she tried to find out how humanitarian aid for the war in Ukraine was being spent and discovered “absolute obstruction and lies” from USAID and the agency’s ...

The embattled US Agency for International Development has engaged in “willful sabotage of congressional oversight” over recent years while doling out taxpayer dollars to groups that overbilled ...

3 days ago · Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) detailed USAID's major spending wastes, including pottery classes in Morocco and tourism in Lebanon.

3 days ago · Senator Joni Ernst, chair of the “DOGE” Caucus in the U-S Senate, says she was “stonewalled” and “threatened by” USAID staff when she asked questions about how humanitarian aid was ...

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 ...

Dec 6, 2023 · WASHINGTON – As the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) continues to hide from accountability on foreign aid sent to Ukrainian small businesses, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, is doubling down on her oversight efforts on behalf of America’s ...

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.

4 days ago · USAID threatened US Senator Joni Ernst over Ukraine aid oversight "This began years ago, when we were trying to figure out what they were doing with our American taxpayer dollars that were going to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.

4 days ago · Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst appeared Monday on Newsmax to say that members of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have obstructed and even threatened her efforts to oversee how it distributes money. During an appearance on “The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Ernst talked about her past problems with USAID and …