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- GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is set to lead the new DOGE caucus in the US Senate.
- She said on Fox News on Sunday that her goal is to make the federal establishment “squeal.”
- It remains unclear how the new Department of Government Efficiency and Senate caucus will function.
Republican Joni Ernst, a senator from Iowa, is set to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caucus in the US Senate.
Ernst said on Fox News on Sunday that her goal is to make the federal establishment “squeal” through massive spending cuts.
“When I went into the United States Senate 10 years ago, my promise was to make ’em squeal. We are doing just that with the Department of Government Efficiency,” Ernst said, adding that she has spent the last decade working to reduce government waste and that her office publishes a monthly memo — called the ” Squeal Awards” — listing different examples of “waste, fraud, and abuse within the federal government.”