Quotes from Joni Ernst

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.

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.

I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardee's.

Healthcare should be about market driven solutions, not government mandates.

We need to repeal and replace Obamacare. It is the largest tax in U.S. history, has proven to be a job-killer, and has driven up the cost of healthcare.

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 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.

You have to be committed to expand rights and opportunities for all women.

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 think we do have cyclic changes in weather, and I think that's been throughout the course of history.

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

Republicans think tax filing should be easier for you, not just the well-connected.

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.'

We are way overstepping bounds as federal legislators.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Let's shut down the EPA.

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

As a young girl, I plowed the fields of our family farm. I worked construction with my dad. To save for college, I worked the morning biscuit line at Hardees.

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.