WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:
Today, Democrats blocked Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) bill to claw back billions of unused COVID dollars and return them to taxpayers.
Ernst's Returning Unspent COVID Funds Act (https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-seeks-to-return-65-billion-of-unspent-covid-cash-to-taxpayers)identifies $65.5 billion (https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-25-107588.pdf) currently sitting in outdated COVID slush funds that should be returned to the American people instead of funding pointless projects like binge-drinking monkeys in Oregon.
Ernst's full remarks
"Mr. President, the COVID pandemic is over, and the emergency spending spree should be over t...