Ernst's signature commitment to cut wasteful federal spending and "make Washington squeal" — the central pledge of her 2014 Senate campaign that she frames as the specific mission Iowans sent her to Congress to accomplish.

Stated position. What this official has said they believe on this issue — a sourced claim, shown distinctly from any assessment of what they did. It is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.

Derived from a tracked promise: “Ernst's signature commitment to cut wasteful federal spending and "make Washington squeal" — the central pledge of her 2014 Senate campaign …”