claim: says iowa senate candidate joni ernst "promises to shut down the department of education and abolish the epa."
author: league of conservation voters
evidence_1: joni kay ernst is an american politician who is the junior united states senator  from iowa, elected in the november 2014 election. a republican, she previously  served in the iowa senate and as a lieutenant colonel in the iowa army national  guard. ernst is the first woman to represent iowa in the united states congress ...
evidence_2: mar 8, 2016 ... march 7 — be wary of any promises from republican presidential candidates to  abolish federal entities such as the environmental protection agency and energy  department, legal scholars told bloomberg bna, because they will not come true.  eradicating federal agencies would require congressional ...
evidence_3: feb 26, 2016 ... “regulations in this country are out of control, especially the employment  prevention agency, the epa,” rubio said in january. trump would appear to  have some support for abolishing the epa within congress – iowa republican  senator joni ernst, for example, has said the regulator should be scrapped ...
evidence_4: aug 27, 2016 ... donald trump's remarks prepared for delivery at iowa sen. joni ernst's roast  and ride in des moines, iowa.
evidence_5: oct 13, 2017 ... in many ways, trump was an unprecedented candidate who made  unprecedented promises. ... iowa's two gop senators, grassley and joni ernst,  along with other members, are scheduled to meet with pruitt on tuesday to  discuss the rfs, said the senator, adding he will urge pruitt to maintain the  obama ...