Senator Joni Ernst

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64 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2025 last heard Jun 2025

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Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Good morning, Mr. Hegseth, and thank you very much.

I appreciate your service to our nation.

It's something that I know you are very proud of, and it is something that we have in common and that we share.

You and I have had many productive conversations.

And just for our audience, we have had very frank conversations.

conversations.

Is that correct, Mr. Hegseth?

You know that I don't keep anything hidden, pull no punches.

My colleagues know that as well.

So I do appreciate you sitting down and allowing me the opportunity to question you thoroughly on those issues that are of great importance to me.

Just to recap those issues, three that are very important.

One is the DOD and making sure that we have a clean audit.

The second is women in combat, and we'll talk a little bit more about that in a moment.

And the third was maintaining high standards and making sure that we are combating sexual assault in the military.

Okay, so Mr. Hegseth, I'm going to address the issue because this will tie into some of the financial concerns that have been raised here as well.

And it's why, you know, I'm trusting my fellow Iowan asked for unanimous consent of his letter to go into the record.

But like me, a lot of Iowans are really, really concerned.

concerned and upset about the wasteful Washington spending and, of course, in our Pentagon.

It's an issue that I have been combating for years.

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