{"id":2393430,"date":"2025-01-21T18:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joni-ernst-celebrates-trumps-executive-order-to-end-telework-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T18:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:12:34","slug":"joni-ernst-celebrates-trumps-executive-order-to-end-telework-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joni-ernst-celebrates-trumps-executive-order-to-end-telework-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Joni Ernst celebrates Trump&#8217;s executive order to end telework &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoni-ernst-celebrates-trumps-executive-order-to-end-telework-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2393430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Joni\u200b Ernst (R-IA) \u200cexpressed her support \u2064for President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive order that mandates the return of\u2064 federal workers to in-person work, effectively ending telework. Ernst, who has\u200b long advocated for\u200c this policy, stated, \u200d&#8221;We are just getting started.&#8221; The order was part of a series\u2062 of actions signed by Trump during an event at Capital One Arena,\u2064 where he addressed a\u200c cheering\u2064 crowd. One of the significant points of the order was\u2062 the immediate cessation of telework arrangements \u2063for federal \u2063employees.Ernst, who is also the founder of the department of\u2064 Government Efficiency Caucus, celebrated this decision in her comments to the Washington Examiner.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Joni Ernst celebrates Trump&rsquo;s executive order sending federal workers back to the office<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1941599\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joni-ernst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joni Ernst\">Joni Ernst<\/a> (R-IA) applauded President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joni Ernst\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s executive order seeking to end telework for federal workers, saying, &ldquo;We are just getting started.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Monday, Trump signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/trump-signs-first-nine-executive-orders-and-other-documents-of-presidency-in-front-of-cheering-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">his first nine<\/a> executive orders, memorandums, and letters of his presidency in front of a cheering crowd at the Capital One Arena. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">One of these was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/return-to-in-person-work\/#:~:text=Heads%20of%20all%20departments%20and,that%20the%20department%20and%20agency\" target=\"_blank\">a requirement<\/a>&nbsp;that all federal workers end telework immediately, which Ernst, <\/span>the Department of Government Efficiency Caucus founder, had pushed for months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) listens at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, she celebrated the move.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3295620\/immigration-tiktok-trump-actions-already-facing-legal-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>From immigration to TikTok: The Trump actions already facing legal threats<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For&nbsp;years, I&rsquo;ve been exposing the broken federal workforce and fighting to make Washington squeal. With President Trump back in the White House, taxpayers everywhere see he is already delivering on his promises to drain the swamp on day one,&rdquo;&nbsp;she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump and I will happily tell any bureaucrat who does not wish to return to the office, &lsquo;you&rsquo;re fired.&rsquo; Today is a tremendous step in getting Washington back to work and serving the American people, and we are just getting started,&rdquo; Ernst added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s executive order on eliminating telework said it must be enacted as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch of&nbsp;Government shall, as soon as practicable, take all necessary steps to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">terminate remote work arrangements<\/a> and require employees to return to work in-person at their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-implements-immediate-federal-hiring-freeze-amid-flurry-of-executive-actions\/\" title=\"Trump Implements Immediate Federal Hiring Freeze Amid Flurry of Executive Actions\">respective duty stations<\/a> on a full-time basis, provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary,&rdquo; the order said.<\/p>\n<p>In a White House statement summarizing the actions of his first day, the move was painted as improving &ldquo;accountability&rdquo; for federal workers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump is planning for improved accountability of government bureaucrats. The American people deserve the highest-quality service from people who love our country. The President will also return federal workers to work, as only 6% of employees currently work in person,&rdquo; it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefings-statements\/2025\/01\/president-trumps-america-first-priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"read\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ernst, who has made efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-retired-lt-gen-keith-kellogg-endorses-gino-campana-for-colorado-senate-race\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg Endorses Gino Campana for Colorado Senate Race\u00a0\">cut government waste<\/a> a cornerstone of her time in the Senate, intensified her efforts following GOP victories in the 2024 elections. Her latest focus has been on cutting telework for federal employees, something for which she has found a partner in the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>At the first DOGE caucus meeting last month, Ernst&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3250186\/joni-ernst-report-outlining-problems-government-telework-doge-caucus-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released<\/a>&nbsp;a detailed report outlining the extent and effects of telework.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report outlined the costs associated with federal workers working from home. Three percent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ernst-outlines-problems-with-bureaucrat-telework-at-doge-caucus-meeting-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ernst outlines problems with bureaucrat telework at DOGE Caucus meeting - Washington Examiner\">federal workforce teleworked daily<\/a> before COVID-19, according to the report. Now, only 6% of workers report in person full time, with a third entirely remote. Ernst&rsquo;s report warned that telework led to slacking, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joni-ernst-introduces-bill-to-move-at-least-30-of-sba-employees-around-the-country-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Joni Ernst introduces bill to move at least 30% of SBA employees around the country - Washington Examiner\">workers reportedly caught<\/a> in leisurely activities while working.<\/p>\n<p>It said $8 billion is spent yearly maintaining and leasing government office buildings and $7.7 billion on the energy to keep them running. The government owns 7,697 vacant buildings and another 2,265 partially empty buildings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1941599\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1941599\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joni Ernst praises Trump&#8217;s order to end federal telework<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2393431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ernst.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32911,33027,12541,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2393430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-executive-order","tag-joni-ernst","tag-telework","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ernst.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393430"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393434,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393430\/revisions\/2393434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}