Tag: Squeal Awards

Biden Admin Spends Tax Dollars on Studies to Train Pigs, Dolphins to Play Video Games: Joni Ernst

March 13, 2023
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Federal officials at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) approved three separate grants to fund experiments seeking to determine whether pigs on the farm and dolphins in the ocean can be trained to play video games, according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). “Call it SwineCraft. Pigs were trained to play…

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Ernst Decries Thousands of Federal Workers Who Fraudulently Received COVID Unemployment Checks

January 30, 2023
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Thousands of federal workers applied for and received COVID-19-related unemployment benefits and continued getting their regular paychecks during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who’s calling for a federal investigation to identify the offenders and recover the tax dollars improperly paid to them. “Staff from numerous government agencies, including the IRS, TSA…

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Internal Pentagon Report Says China Is Main Beneficiary of Key US Technology Research Efforts

September 28, 2022
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A confidential internal Department of Defense report concludes that “China, not the United States, is the ultimate beneficiary of DoD and other [U. S. Government] research investments,” according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). “Washington is spending billions of your tax dollars every year to hypothetically achieve technological dominance over communist China, but the ultimate beneficiary of that…

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Sen. Ernst: Feds Misspent $500 Million Meant for Vaccines, Public Health Emergencies

February 5, 2021
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials spent more than $500 million Congress meant for developing vaccines on office moving expenses, administrative costs, news media subscriptions, lawyers, and salaries. Beginning in 2009 under President Barack Obama and continuing through 2019, HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) misused funds Congress…

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