- Ashley Hinson has consistently advocated for fiscal conservatism in Congress, prioritizing reduced federal spending, opposing "woke" and "wasteful" expenditures, and supporting targeted investments in Iowa, especially in rural communities (e.g., Globe Gazette, 6/6/24; Des Moines Register, 1/31/25).
- Hinson has frequently criticized Democratic-led federal spending, attributing record inflation and economic issues to pandemic stimulus, clean energy, and climate programs passed under President Biden (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 8/21/24; Gazette, 3/22/24).
- As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Hinson has supported single-subject, conservative spending bills, opposed increased deficits, and worked to avoid government shutdowns by backing short-term funding measures while criticizing the federal budgeting process as broken (Globe Gazette, 9/7/23; Gazette, 9/27/23).
- Hinson has opposed major Democratic spending bills including the American Rescue Plan, Build Back Better, and the Inflation Reduction Act, and voted against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—though she advocated for securing targeted federal funding for district projects after their passage (Globe Gazette, 8/13/24; Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 10/24/22).
- Hinson's fiscal approach and voting record have drawn criticism from political opponents and some constituents, who argue her votes have sometimes contradicted her rhetoric against federal spending, and that she has taken credit for projects funded by legislation she opposed (Gazette, 10/20/24; Globe Gazette, 10/21/24).
- She strongly supports Social Security and has repeatedly stated her opposition to benefit cuts or raising the retirement age, even as debates on federal budgets and entitlement reforms have continued within her party (Globe Gazette, 3/22/24; Manchester Press, 1/10/24).
2020: Hinson Advocate For Rejecting 'Fluff' In Legislation And Called For Balanced Budget Amendment According to Fox News, "As a congresswoman, she'll call out egregious spending, reject any 'fluff' that Speaker Nancy Pelosi inserts into a coronavirus relief bill and would support a balanced budget amendment." [Fox News, 11/18/20]
2020: Ashley Hinson Described Legislative Priorities Shifting Toward Pandemic Response In an interview with Iowa Field Report, Ashley Hinson said, "My number one priority will be making sure we are funding the government so that our services for Iowans stay open and running. [...] We gave the Governor additional authority to be able to dip in the economic emergency fund. We also provided other executive powers to allow her to and the department heads to pivot quickly." [Interview - Ashley Hinson with Iowa Field Report, 3/26/20]
2022: Craig W Lohmann Stated Ashley Hinson Supported Fiscal Conservatism and Smaller Government According to a letter to the editor published in wcfcourier.com, "She is a fiscal conservative and supports a smaller government that lives within its means, just like we all have to at home." [Letter to the Editor - wcfcourier.com, 9/11/22]
Ashley Hinson Made Decisions to Keep State Spending Under Control as State Legislator According to a press release from Iowa Field Report, "Hinson hasn’t just talked the talk on wasteful spending — she’s made hard decisions to keep state spending under control while still meeting the core responsibilities of state government." [Press Release - Iowa Field Report, 5/6/20]
2025: Ashley Hinson Committed To Ending 'Woke Spending Sprees' Under Biden Administration According to Des Moines Register, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, said she plans to continue work to weed out 'woke spending sprees' in the government." [Des Moines Register, 1/31/25]
September 2021: Hinson Opposed The Democratic 'Spending Spigot' In Congress According to Daily Nonpareil, "As a member of the House Appropriations and Budget committees, Hinson told about 60 people at her Cedar Rapids town hall meeting she's working to turn off the Democratic 'spending spigot.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 9/8/21]
2021: Hinson Opposed Raising The Federal Debt Limit According to Telegraph Herald, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa - the tri-state area's only Republican in Congress - called raising the debt limit 'reckless.' 'America's credit card is maxed out,' she said in a release. 'Suspending the debt limit until December 2022 is essentially ignoring the overdue balance in our already depleted bank account for over a year... (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) knows the package brought to the floor tonight will be dead on arrival in the Senate.'" [Telegraph Herald, 9/26/21]
October 2021: Hinson Advocated For Limiting Government Spending According to Telegraph Herald, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, advocated for limiting government spending, increasing border security and ending enhanced unemployment payments during a town hall Monday in Maquoketa." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/19/21]
October 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Infrastructure Bill Process And Called For Targeted Funding According to Journal-Eureka, "Hinson also discussed the proposed infrastructure bill saying that Democrats in the House of Representatives have tied the bill to the spending bill, and she wanted to see more targeted funding for bridges, roads, dams and broadband projects." [Journal-Eureka (Anamosa, Iowa), 10/21/21]
2021: Letter Writer Mark McWhinney Highlighted Ashley Hinson's Advocacy for Fiscal Conservatism According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Ashley is a strong advocate for fiscal conservative values in Washington and is fighting back against socialism." [Letter to the Editor - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/22/21]
2021: Hinson Opposed Large Spending Packages Like Build Back Better According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "I voted against these large spending packages this year for that very reason," she said. "It's not healthy for our country." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 12/20/21]
2021: Hinson Opposed Build Back Better Bill Over Spending Concerns According to Waterloo Courier (Iowa), "she doesn't support spending 'money that we don't have' on the proposed Build Back Better bill. ... 'I voted against these large spending packages this year for that very reason,' she said. 'It's not healthy for our country.'" [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 12/20/21]
2022: Hinson Cosponsored Bipartisan Inflation Legislation According to Globe Gazette, "Rep. Ashley Hinson cosponsored a bipartisan proposal to include inflation statistics. Hinson said the change would give lawmakers and constituents 'a clear understanding of how certain bills may make their daily lives more expensive.'" [Globe Gazette, 2/11/22]
2022: Hinson Co-Sponsored Bipartisan Informed Lawmaking To Combat Inflation Act According to Telegraph Herald, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson co-sponsored the bipartisan Informed Lawmaking to Combat Inflation Act with a fellow Republican from New York and Democrats from Florida and Oregon." [Telegraph Herald, 2/13/22]
2022: Hinson Stated Washington Overspending Was Driving Inflation According to Telegraph Herald, "But we're hearing the same thing from our constituents - prices are too high, inflation is dragging down the economy, and overspending in Washington is driving it." [Telegraph Herald, 2/13/22]
February 2022: Hinson Supported Federal Reserve Intervention On Inflation According to Telegraph Herald, "I'm glad they're looking to take some action on this," she said. "At this point, it's a combination of all of these policies that are going to help control inflation in this country." [Telegraph Herald, 2/13/22]
2024: Ashley Hinson Stated She Was Focused On Cutting Federal Spending And Delivering Investments To Iowa According to Globe Gazette, 'As a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, I am laser focused on cutting the Biden Administration's wasteful spending while delivering targeted and impactful investments for Iowa, especially in rural communities that have often been overlooked by the federal government,' Hinson said in a statement to The Gazette. [Globe Gazette, 6/6/24]
2024: Hinson Voiced Support For Targeted Spending While Criticizing 'Wasteful' Federal Spending According to The Gazette, "As a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, I am laser focused on cutting the Biden Administration's wasteful spending while delivering targeted and impactful investments for Iowa, especially in rural communities that have often been overlooked by the federal government," Hinson said in a statement to The Gazette. [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 6/7/24]
August 2024: Hinson Attributed Inflation To Democratic ‘Wasteful Spending’ According to Waterloo Courier (Iowa), "Hinson blamed trillions in ‘wasteful spending’ approved by Democrats in pandemic stimulus money, clean energy and climate mitigation investment programs for worsening inflation — creating a surge of consumer spending that collided with chronic supply problems to boost prices." [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 8/21/24]
August 2024: Hinson Identified Trillions In Democratic Spending As Worsening Inflation According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson blamed trillions in 'wasteful spending' approved by Democrats in pandemic stimulus money, clean energy and climate mitigation investment programs for worsening inflation creating a surge of consumer spending that collided with chronic supply problems to boost prices." [Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 8/22/24]
2024: Hinson Criticized Federal Spending And Pledged To Cut Waste According to Southeast Iowa Union, 'During her first four years in Congress, Hinson focused on helping taxpayers while still providing needed services, she said. "I think we need to cut wasteful spending."' [Southeast Iowa Union, 10/17/24]
Puffett Claimed Hinson's Votes Perpetuated Wasteful Spending In 2024 According to Gazette, "Ashley (Hinson) talks about reducing wasteful spending and her concerns over our debt but her actions on various bills don't align with her words; in fact, her votes continue to perpetuate the problem." [Gazette, 10/20/24]
2024: Puffett Criticized Hinson's Spending Record According to Gazette, 'Ashley (Hinson) talks about reducing wasteful spending and her concerns over our debt but her actions on various bills don't align with her words; in fact, her votes continue to perpetuate the problem,' she [Puffett] said." [Gazette, 10/20/24]
Jody Puffett Asserted Ashley Hinson's Actions Perpetuated Federal Debt In 2024 According to Globe Gazette, "Ashley (Hinson) talks about reducing wasteful spending and her concerns over our debt but her actions on various bills don't align with her words; in fact, her votes continue to perpetuate the problem." [Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 10/21/24]
2024: Puffett Challenged Hinson's Fiscal Record According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Ashley (Hinson) talks about reducing wasteful spending and her concerns over our debt but her actions on various bills don't align with her words; in fact, her votes continue to perpetuate the problem." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), 10/21/24]
2024: Jody Puffett Criticized Ashley Hinson's Fiscal Record And Foreign Aid Support According to Telegraph Herald, "Puffett lamented that the package did not include money to bolster U.S. border security. [...] Puffett said she is running for office due to her frustration with the federal government's fiscal irresponsibility and Hinson's voting record." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/26/24]
2024: Jody Puffett Claimed Ashley Hinson's Voting Record Did Not Align With Her Statements On Spending And Debt According to Telegraph Herald, "Puffett said: 'Ashley (Hinson) talks about reducing wasteful spending and her concerns over our debt - but her actions on various bills don't align with her words; in fact, her votes continue to perpetuate the problem.'" [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/26/24]
2024: Hinson Supported Trump's Department Of Government Efficiency Initiative According to Des Moines Register, "Hinson said Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency, an advisory group created to slash federal government and spending, will help return dollars to taxpayers. Trump tapped billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to co-lead the department. 'I'm very excited about that,' Hinson said. 'I think stay tuned - quarter one of the 119th Congress is going to be very busy.'" [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 12/4/24]
January 2025: Hinson Downplayed Fears On Federal Funding Freeze Impacting Benefits Programs According to Gazette, 'There was a lot of fearmongering this week about the order,' Hinson said, echoing Trump administration officials who said programs that provide direct assistance to Americans, including Medicare, Social Security, student loans and food stamps, would not be affected. [Gazette, 1/31/25]
January 2025: Hinson Said She Supports Targeted Investments For Iowa While Opposing 'Woke Spending Sprees' According to Gazette, 'I'm going to continue operating as I always have. I always work to get targeted investment back to Iowa while working to prevent woke spending sprees.' [Gazette, 1/31/25]
2025: Hinson Stated Support For Targeted Investments In Iowa And Opposition To 'Woke Spending Sprees' According to Globe Gazette, 'My approach to everybody is if it's a good use of taxpayer money, it's going to be allowed to move forward,' she said. 'I'm going to continue operating as I always have. I always work to get targeted investment back to Iowa while working to prevent woke spending sprees.' [Globe Gazette, 2/1/25]
2025: Hinson Opposed 'Woke Spending Sprees' And Supported Targeted Investment In Iowa According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Amid confusion over a freeze on federal grants and loans ordered by Trump, Hinson told reporters she intends to continue to work to prevent 'woke spending sprees' by the federal government. [...] 'The point is to ensure that all federal funding is really in line with what the American people voted for and to end the abuse of taxpayer dollars on woke priorities that we saw go rampant under the Biden administration,' Hinson said." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), 2/2/25]
2025: Hinson Worked With Iowa Stakeholders To Clarify Impact Of Federal Funding Freeze According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson said her office is working with Iowa nonprofits, cities, school districts and other impacted stakeholders to clarify any confusion. 'My approach to everybody is if it's a good use of taxpayer money, it's going to be allowed to move forward,' she said. 'I'm going to continue operating as I always have. I always work to get targeted investment back to Iowa while working to prevent woke spending sprees.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), 2/2/25]
2025: Ashley Hinson Responded To Federal Grant Freeze By Working To Prevent "Woke Spending Sprees" According to Gazette, "Amid confusion over a freeze on federal grants and loans ordered by Trump, Hinson told reporters she intends to continue to work to prevent 'woke spending sprees' by the federal government." [Gazette, 2/3/25]
2025: Ashley Hinson Assured Continued Federal Assistance For Key Programs Amid Funding Freeze According to Gazette, "'There was a lot of fearmongering this week about the order,' Hinson said, echoing Trump administration officials who said programs that provide direct assistance to Americans, including Medicare, Social Security, student loans and food stamps, would not be affected." [Gazette, 2/3/25]
2025: Ashley Hinson Stated Federal Funding Should Align With Voters' Priorities, Opposed 'Woke' Spending According to Gazette, 'The point is to ensure that all federal funding is really in line with what the American people voted for and to end the abuse of taxpayer dollars on woke priorities that we saw go rampant under the Biden administration,' Hinson said. [Gazette, 2/3/25]
2025: Ashley Hinson Supported Targeted Investments While Opposing 'Woke' Spending According to Gazette, 'My approach to everybody is if it's a good use of taxpayer money, it's going to be allowed to move forward,' she said. 'I'm going to continue operating as I always have. I always work to get targeted investment back to Iowa while working to prevent woke spending sprees.' [Gazette, 2/3/25]
February 2025: Hinson Said Good Programs Deserved Advocacy In Federal Budget Process According to Telegraph Herald, '"If a good program is worth the funding and I can justify it to use, I'm going to go to bat for it in the process," she said.' [Telegraph Herald, 2/4/25]
March 2025: Ashley Hinson Emphasized Commitment to Cutting Wasteful Spending and Supporting Trump’s Policies According to Gazette, "Hinson, of Marion, emphasized her commitment to cutting wasteful spending, securing the border and supporting President Donald Trump's policies, including extending tax cuts set to expire this year that Trump had approved in 2017 during his first term." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 4/3/25]
March 2025: Ashley Hinson Voted for GOP Budget Framework With Spending Cuts According to Gazette, "The three-term incumbent joined House Republicans last month in voting for a budget framework that calls for steep spending cuts to help offset the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts and implement new ones at a cost of $4.5 trillion over the next decade." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 4/3/25]
April 2025: Hinson Emphasized Commitment To Cutting Wasteful Spending and Extending Trump Tax Cuts According to Globe Gazette, "The Marion congresswoman emphasized her commitment to cutting wasteful spending, securing the border and supporting President Donald Trump's policies, including extending tax cuts set to expire this year that Trump had approved in 2017 during his first term." [Globe Gazette, 4/3/25]
March 2025: Hinson Voted For GOP Budget Framework Calling For Steep Spending Cuts According to Globe Gazette, "The three-term incumbent joined House Republicans last month in voting for a budget framework that calls for steep spending cuts to help offset the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts and implement new ones at a cost of $4.5 trillion over the next decade." [Globe Gazette, 4/3/25]
April 2025: Hinson Pledged To Cut Wasteful Spending, Secure Border, Support Trump Policies According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), "The Marion congresswoman emphasized her commitment to cutting wasteful spending, securing the border and supporting President Donald Trump's policies, including extending tax cuts set to expire this year that Trump had approved in 2017 during his first term." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), 4/3/25]
March 2025: Hinson Voted For GOP Budget Framework With Spending Cuts According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), "The three-term incumbent joined House Republicans last month in voting for a budget framework that calls for steep spending cuts to help offset the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts and implement new ones at a cost of $4.5 trillion over the next decade." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), 4/3/25]
March 2025: Hinson Voted For House GOP Budget Framework With Spending Cuts According to Gazette, "The three-term incumbent joined House Republicans last month in voting for a budget framework that calls for steep spending cuts to help offset the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts and implement new ones at a cost of $4.5 trillion over the next decade." [Gazette, 4/8/25]
2025: Techau Criticized Hinson's Vote On Republican Budget Framework According To Muscatine Journal According to Muscatine Journal, "He also criticized Hinson for voting for a Republican budget framework he argues will lead to cuts in health care coverage for Iowans, while providing billions in tax giveaways to big corporations and the wealthiest Americans." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 4/17/25]
Mike Naig Stated Ashley Hinson Prioritized Fiscal Responsibility in Iowa Legislature According to a letter to the editor published in Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), "While Hinson was in the Legislature, she was part of a majority that prioritized fiscal responsibility and helped place Iowa in a position to help weather this downturn. In fact, we closed the 2020 budget year with a $305.5 million surplus." [Letter to the Editor - Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/30/20]
Ashley Hinson Called For Broader Discussion Of Infrastructure Definitions In 2021 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, '"I think there are opportunities for us to work together," Hinson said, including "a bigger conversation on what is infrastructure and what should be included in this package."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 5/2/21]
May 2021: Rep. Hinson Warned About Economic Impact Of Biden's Proposals According to Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 'Along with the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, Hinson bemoaned the $6 trillion price tag of Biden's proposals, saying the debt would be passed on to the next generation. [...] "All this spending combined with government regulations will hold our economy back," Hinson said. "I've heard from a lot of people. They're fearful of what's to come."' [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 5/2/21]
Ashley Hinson Opposed Wasteful Spending And Earmarks In 2021 According to Sioux City Journal, 'I came to D.C. to be a taxpayer advocate. I am against wasteful spending and believe we need to cut excessive spending,' Iowa 1st District Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson said. Since taking office in January, she voted against Democratic spending bills that she said 'blatantly disrespected taxpayers.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 6/6/21]
2021: Hinson Supported Earmark Requests While Opposing Wasteful Spending According to Daily Nonpareil, "I came to D.C. to be a taxpayer advocate. I am against wasteful spending and believe we need to cut excessive spending," Iowa 1st District Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson said. Since taking office in January, she voted against Democratic spending bills that she said "blatantly disrespected taxpayers." [Daily Nonpareil, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed Wasteful Spending But Sought Earmarks For Iowa Projects According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "I came to D.C. to be a taxpayer advocate. I am against wasteful spending and believe we need to cut excessive spending," 1st District Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson said. Since taking office in January, she voted against Democratic spending bills that she said 'blatantly disrespected taxpayers.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 6/7/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized 'Pork Spending' In American Rescue Plan According to Gazette, Hinson said in a phone call to reporters, "Her problem is that the rescue plan that included the child tax credit 'was full of pork spending.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/16/21]
2021: Hinson Described The Rescue Plan As Having 'Pork Spending' According to Daily Nonpareil, "Her problem is that the rescue plan that included the child tax credit 'was full of pork spending.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 7/16/21]
Ashley Hinson Referenced National Debt Increase During Trump Administration According to Daily Nonpareil, "The Democratic 'spending spree' follows an increase in the national debt of almost $7.8 trillion during the Trump administration — about $23,500 in new federal debt for every person in the country." [Daily Nonpareil, 7/30/21]
Ashley Hinson Called for Policies To Restore Economic Normalcy in 2021 According to Daily Nonpareil, 'We need policies that get our economy back on track, get our lives back to normal,' she said, 'not policies that are just going to prolong the pandemic way of life and dependency on government.' [Daily Nonpareil, 7/30/21]
July 2021: Hinson Criticized Federal Spending For Exacerbating Inflation According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "spending money the federal government doesn't have will continue to contribute to rising inflation, Hinson said." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/31/21]
July 2021: Hinson Called For Policies To Restore The Economy And Reduce Government Dependency According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Hinson said, "We need policies that get our economy back on track, get our lives back to normal," she said, "not policies that are just going to prolong the pandemic way of life and dependency on government." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/31/21]
April 21, 2022: Hinson Expressed Need To Address Social Security If Republicans Won House Majority According to Telegraph Herald, "I believe Republicans will have control of the House next year and we will have to (address Social Security)," Hinson said. "We can't keep kicking the can down the road on this issue or it will not be fixed." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 5/1/22]
May 2022: Hinson Pointed To Federal Spending As Cause Of Current Inflation According to Telegraph Herald, 'Hinson pointed to federal spending as a major reason for the current economic conditions. "The inflation that we're experiencing is a direct result of too much government spending," she said.' [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 5/24/22]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden And Democrats For Inflation According to The Gazette, "Republicans, including Hinson, have criticized Biden and congressional Democrats for driving record inflation due to what they've termed reckless deficit spending, creating a tax on middle and working-class families." [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/10/22]
2022: Letter Writer Craig W Lohmann Stated Ashley Hinson Supported Smaller Government According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "She is a fiscal conservative and supports a smaller government that lives within its means, just like we all have to at home." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 9/11/22]
September 2022: Hinson Criticized Congressional Spending Practices According to Telegraph Herald, "But, she said both she and her party seek to overhaul congressional spending practices. 'Our continuing resolution process is broken,' she said of the votes Congress has taken to avoid government shutdowns. 'I'm going back to D.C. on Wednesday and still don't know if there's a deal or not for the end of the year. Our conference is focused on other options, farther out. If we want to make fundamental changes to the budgeting process, it's going to take more than a 10-year outlook.'" [Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles (Dubuque, Iowa), 9/27/22]
2022: Hinson Advocated For Combating Inflation Through Reduced Spending And Increased Border Enforcement According to Globe Gazette, Hinson said "she and House Republicans are committed to combating inflation and strengthening the economy. Their plan calls for cutting government spending, ramping up energy production and increasing funding to border enforcement and police officers." [Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 10/9/22]
2021–2022: Hinson Opposed American Rescue Plan And Inflation Reduction Act According to Globe Gazette, Hinson said "the price tag of the American Rescue Plan was far too high, directed a vast majority of dollars to items other than public health measures to deal with the pandemic, and came with few limitations and little oversight on how it was spent. She noted she has introduced separate legislation to expand the federal child tax credit." [Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 10/9/22]
October 2022: Hinson Cited Budget Passage As A Key Priority After Congressional Recess According to Journal-Eureka, "Congress is currently on recess and Hinson said there are a number of priorities after the recess that need to be addressed. In her role on the appropriations committee, Hinson said a budget needs to be passed before the end of the year. The government is currently running on a continuing resolution." [Journal-Eureka (Anamosa, Iowa), 10/20/22]
2022: Hinson Said She Would Work To Reduce Inflation By Stopping Federal Spending According to Globe Gazette, "If reelected, Hinson said she would work to reduce inflation by stopping 'the spending spigot.' 'My first vote will be for new leadership in Washington, D.C., that will respect taxpayers,' Hinson said in an October debate." [Globe Gazette, 10/28/22]
2022: Mark Havlicek Argued Ashley Hinson Advocated for Fiscal Responsibility in Congress According to an opinion piece by Mark Havlicek in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Ashley Hinson will stand between your money and the politicians who feel it's theirs to spend. As a member of Congress, Hinson is our very best advocate and a strong voice for fiscal responsibility in Washington." [Mark Havlicek - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/30/22]
2022: Hinson Criticized Biden Administration's Handling Of Student Loan Debt According to The Gazette, 'While the Biden Admin lets wealthy Americans off the hook for their debt, working families continue to pay more for everything & suffer as inflation eats into their wages & budgets,' she wrote." [Gazette, 12/26/22]
2023: Letter Writer Tanya Street Accused Ashley Hinson of Using Threats of Economic Shutdown as Leverage According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette, "She is creating an economic disaster and blackmailing Democrats in favor of the top 1 percent. Destroying our economy will also give her a chance to falsely blame others (on far right media) for something she demanded and was responsible for." [Letter to the Editor - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 5/27/23]
May 2023: Hinson Participated In House Republican Push For Spending Cuts During Debt Limit Negotiations According to Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), "House Republicans - including Hinson - have used their narrow majority, after flipping the chamber in the midterm elections last year, to demand widespread cuts to non-military discretionary spending that Democrats approved when they had majority control in 2021 and 2022." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 5/28/23]
May 2023: Ashley Hinson And House Republicans Sought Cuts To Non-Military Discretionary Spending During Debt Ceiling Negotiations According to Telegraph Herald, "House Republicans including Hinson have used their narrow majority, after flipping the chamber in the midterm elections last year, to demand widespread cuts to non-military discretionary spending that Democrats approved when they had majority control in 2021 and 2022." [Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles (Dubuque, Iowa), 5/28/23]
August 2023: Hinson Said She Did Not Support A Government Shutdown According to Daily Nonpareil, '"I don't think shutting the government down completely is good for anyone right now," Hinson said to a question. "And I don't support advocating for that. … I've worked hard to craft bills that I think do a good job of reflecting our priorities in our district, while still cutting wasteful spending."' [Daily Nonpareil, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Voiced Intent To Fund Government Responsibly And Change White House Occupant For Budget Reform According to Daily Nonpareil, '"I want to make sure we do everything we can to fund the government in a responsible way, (and) get the best deal we can for taxpayers," Hinson said. "But, then focus on making sure we change the occupant in the White House and win back the Senate, because that's the only way we can make real, transformative change to the federal budgeting process, which I agree has been broken for decades."' [Daily Nonpareil, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Stated Intent To Avoid Government Shutdown According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "TAMA Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said it's her intent to avoid a government shutdown, as a bloc of House conservatives this week announced they won't support a funding bill without conditions." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Opposed Government Shutdowns As Not Good For Anyone According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "'I don't think shutting the government down completely is good for anyone right now,' Hinson said to a question. 'And I don't support advocating for that. … I've worked hard to craft bills that I think do a good job of reflecting our priorities in our district, while still cutting wasteful spending.'" [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Described House GOP Efforts To Reduce Government Spending According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "Hinson asserted she and other GOP members of the House budget writing committee have 'gone through with a fine tooth comb' to reduce government spending 'in a very measured way.'" [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Urged Responsible Government Funding And Political Change According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "'I want to make sure we do everything we can to fund the government in a responsible way, (and) get the best deal we can for taxpayers,' Hinson said. 'But, then focus on making sure we change the occupant in the White House and win back the Senate, because that's the only way we can make real, transformative change to the federal budgeting process, which I agree has been broken for decades.'" [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Intent To Avoid Government Shutdown According to Sioux City Journal, "Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said it's her intent to avoid a government shutdown, as a bloc of House conservatives this week announced they won't support a funding bill without conditions." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Voiced Opposition To Government Shutdowns According to Sioux City Journal, 'I don't think shutting the government down completely is good for anyone right now,' Hinson said to a question. 'And I don't support advocating for that. … I've worked hard to craft bills that I think do a good job of reflecting our priorities in our district, while still cutting wasteful spending.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Emphasized Measured Cuts To Government Spending According to Sioux City Journal, 'Hinson asserted she and other GOP members of the House budget writing committee have "gone through with a fine tooth comb" to reduce government spending "in a very measured way."' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Intent To Avoid Government Shutdown According to Globe Gazette, "TAMA Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said it's her intent to avoid a government shutdown, as a bloc of House conservatives this week announced they won't support a funding bill without conditions." [Globe Gazette, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Stated Opposition To Advocating For Government Shutdowns According to Globe Gazette, 'I don't think shutting the government down completely is good for anyone right now,' Hinson said to a question. 'And I don't support advocating for that. ... I've worked hard to craft bills that I think do a good job of reflecting our priorities in our district, while still cutting wasteful spending.' [Globe Gazette, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Emphasized Measured Reductions To Federal Spending According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson asserted she and other GOP members of the House budget writing committee have "gone through with a fine tooth comb" to reduce government spending "in a very measured way."' [Globe Gazette, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Intent To Avoid Government Shutdown According to Daily Nonpareil, "TAMA Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said it's her intent to avoid a government shutdown, as a bloc of House conservatives this week announced they won't support a funding bill without conditions." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Opposed Government Shutdown As Harmful According to Daily Nonpareil, "I don't think shutting the government down completely is good for anyone right now," Hinson said to a question. "And I don't support advocating for that. … I've worked hard to craft bills that I think do a good job of reflecting our priorities in our district, while still cutting wasteful spending." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Claimed Efforts To Reduce Federal Spending In Committee According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson asserted she and other GOP members of the House budget writing committee have 'gone through with a fine tooth comb' to reduce government spending 'in a very measured way.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 8/24/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Prioritized Conservative Spending Bills In Congress According to Globe Gazette, 'My top priority is to pass as many of the most conservative spending bills that we can get across the finish line,' she said. [Globe Gazette, 9/7/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Prioritized Passing Conservative Spending Bills In Upcoming Congressional Session According to Globe Gazette, 'Congress is returning to Washington this week, and Hinson said she has a few things she be specially focused on. "My top priority is to pass as many of the most conservative spending bills that we can get across the finish line," she said.' [Globe Gazette, 9/7/23]
September 2023: Hinson Repeatedly Opposed Government Shutdowns And Favored Short-Term Funding Bill According to The Gazette, "Hinson, a Republican from Marion, has repeatedly said she wants to avert a government shutdown and supports a short-term government funding bill that will allow the House to continue passing individual appropriations bills, and then negotiate them with the Senate for the most conservative outcome possible." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/27/23]
September 2023: Hinson Promoted Conservative Spending Without Causing Shutdowns According to The Gazette, "Hinson believes Congress can pass conservative spending bills without shutting the government down so that military and law enforcement don't have to work without pay, farmers don't lose access to USDA programs, service doesn't slow at the VA and homeland security funding does not lapse." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/27/23]
September 2023: Hinson Criticized Government Spending Process Amid Shutdown Threats According to The Gazette, '"The government spending process is broken, and taxpayers deserve better than the chaos and dysfunction unfolding in Washington right now," Hinson said. "I am laser-focused on averting a shutdown and delivering the most fiscally conservative funding legislation possible."' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/27/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Criticized Government Dysfunction Post-Shutdown Bill Failure According to The Gazette, 'This is not a game,' Hinson said in a statement following the vote. 'Taxpayers should not bear the consequences of Washington's chaos and dysfunction. I am committed to working on solutions to keep the government open while advancing fiscally conservative spending legislation.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/29/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Opposed Shutdowns Due To Economic Costs According to The Gazette, "Both Hinson and Miller-Meeks noted a shutdown ends up costing the federal government billions more in back pay to furloughed workers, extra administrative work, lost revenue and late fees on interest payments, and further reduces the productivity of federal government agencies." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/29/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Urged Congress To Avoid Government Shutdown According to Sioux City Journal, "Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, told reporters Friday Congress can and should keep the government open so troops and law enforcement are paid, border security operations continue, and essential services for veterans and seniors are not interrupted." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 9/29/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Committed To Advancing Fiscal Conservative Legislation While Keeping Government Open According to Sioux City Journal, '"This is not a game," Hinson said in a statement following the vote. "Taxpayers should not bear the consequences of Washington's chaos and dysfunction. I am committed to working on solutions to keep the government open while advancing fiscally conservative spending legislation."' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 9/29/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Stated Government Shutdowns Cost Billions According to Sioux City Journal, "Both Hinson and Miller-Meeks noted a shutdown ends up costing the federal government billions more in back pay to furloughed workers, extra administrative work, lost revenue and late fees on interest payments, and further reduces the productivity of federal government agencies." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 9/29/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Supported Funding Government And Passing Conservative Policy According to Sioux City Journal, '"Let's fund the government. Let's pass good conservative policy to secure our border, and let's then negotiate with the Senate so we can get our government funded in a more responsible way," Hinson said.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 9/29/23]
September 2023: Hinson Expressed Commitment To Avoiding Government Shutdown According to Globe Gazette, "Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, told reporters Friday Congress can and should keep the government open so troops and law enforcement are paid, border security operations continue, and essential services for veterans and seniors are not interrupted." [Globe Gazette, 9/29/23]
September 2023: Hinson Called For Fiscally Conservative Spending Legislation According to Globe Gazette, 'This is not a game,' Hinson said in a statement following the vote. 'Taxpayers should not bear the consequences of Washington's chaos and dysfunction. I am committed to working on solutions to keep the government open while advancing fiscally conservative spending legislation.' [Globe Gazette, 9/29/23]
September 2023: Hinson Opposed Government Shutdowns Over Spending Disputes According to Globe Gazette, 'The way I see it, our troops, our veterans and families shouldn’t be collateral in this process,' Hinson told reporters Friday during a conference call. 'And so my message to my colleagues is that we can pass these conservative spending bills, and we should do it without shutting the government down. I would also say to them that I think a shutdown gives up leverage when it comes to negotiating going forward.' [Globe Gazette, 9/29/23]
September 2023: Hinson Warned Of Shutdown Costs To Federal Government According to Globe Gazette, 'Both Hinson and Miller-Meeks noted a shutdown ends up costing the federal government billions more in back pay to furloughed workers, extra administrative work, lost revenue and late fees on interest payments, and further reduces the productivity of federal government agencies.' [Globe Gazette, 9/29/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Stated Congress Should Keep Government Open To Protect Essential Services According to Daily Nonpareil, "Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, told reporters Friday Congress can and should keep the government open so troops and law enforcement are paid, border security operations continue, and essential services for veterans and seniors are not interrupted." [Daily Nonpareil, 9/30/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Opposed Taxpayers Bearing Shutdown Consequences According to Daily Nonpareil, "'This is not a game,' Hinson said in a statement following the vote. 'Taxpayers should not bear the consequences of Washington's chaos and dysfunction. I am committed to working on solutions to keep the government open while advancing fiscally conservative spending legislation.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 9/30/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Asserted Shutdown Harms Troops, Veterans And Families According to Daily Nonpareil, "'The way I see it, our troops, our veterans and families shouldn't be collateral in this process,' Hinson told reporters Friday during a conference call. 'And so my message to my colleagues is that we can pass these conservative spending bills, and we should do it without shutting the government down. I would also say to them that I think a shutdown gives up leverage when it comes to negotiating going forward.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 9/30/23]
October 2023: Hinson Expressed Concern Over Congressional Delays Affecting Spending Bills According to Gazette, "Hinson said Congress is 'losing valuable time' to pass spending bills before government funding runs out Nov. 17, including measures supporting Israel." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/12/23]
2024: Hinson Expressed Concern Over Government Spending And Fiscal Path According to Gazette, "Hinson, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, said she supported a short-term continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown, but she thinks it's important the government stick to the proper process to pass spending packages. [...] 'We should all be really worried about that unsustainable fiscal path,' Hinson said. 'It's time for Washington to start budgeting more like Iowa families have to.'" [Gazette, 1/4/24]
Ashley Hinson Opposed American Rescue Plan And Inflation Reduction Act, Supported Raising Eligibility Ages For Medicare And Social Security As Of 2024 According to Manchester Press (Iowa), Hinson defended her voting against the American Rescue Plan, the Inflation Reduction Act and supporting raising the eligibility age for Medicare and Social Security, citing costs. [Manchester Press (Iowa), 1/10/24]
Ashley Hinson Stated She Voted Against $6 Trillion In Extra Spending In First Two Years In Congress (2021-2023) According to Manchester Press (Iowa), Hinson said, "I have voted against $6 trillion in extra spending in my first two years in Congress because we are on an unsustainable path. Plain and simple, we can't afford this." [Manchester Press (Iowa), 1/10/24]
March 2024: Hinson Stated Opposition To Social Security Cuts Or Raising Retirement Age According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson, speaking to reporters Friday, said she does not support cuts of any kind to Social Security or raising the retirement age. 'I will always support Social Security, and I will reject any cuts to Social Security,' said Hinson, of Marion. 'I will also reject the Democrats fear-mongering on this issue.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 3/24/24]
March 2024: Hinson Rejected Cuts To Social Security And Raising The Retirement Age According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson, speaking to reporters Friday, said she does not support cuts of any kind to Social Security or raising the retirement age. 'I will always support Social Security, and I will reject any cuts to Social Security,' said Hinson, of Marion. 'I will also reject the Democrats fearmongering on this issue.'" [Globe Gazette, 3/25/24]
May 2024: Ashley Hinson Argued For Cutting Federal Spending And Limiting Funding To "Elite" Colleges According to Des Moines Register, "Hinson: My philosophy is simple: it's your money, not the government's money. We must take a sledgehammer to Biden's budget, which includes tax hikes on working families and inflationary spending on woke initiatives Iowans don't support. A great place to start would be cutting federal funding from so-called 'elite' colleges that have allowed antisemitic mobs to take over their campuses and ensuring other taxpayers aren't on the hook for others' student loan debt." [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 5/12/24]
2020: Ashley Hinson Supported Smaller Government and Increased Transparency According to an opinion piece by Ashley Hinson in The Gazette, "She [Finkenauer] believes the government is the solution to every problem; I believe in smaller government and more transparency." [Ashley Hinson - The Gazette, 10/2/20]
2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Announced Budget Issues As Priority For House Committees According to KWWL, "Rep. Hinson continued that U.S. House committees have been ratified. Hinson says 'first order' of business is 'budget issues,' next week." [KWWL, 1/28/21]
2024: Ashley Hinson Called For Lowering Costs And Permanent Tax Cuts According to Des Moines Register, "Lowering costs and making permanent cuts to taxes is another focus of her campaign, she said." [Des Moines Register, 11/5/24]
2021: Hinson Supported Pandemic Relief But Emphasized Government Spending Transparency According to Daily Nonpareil, "Although the Marion Republican has supported pandemic relief measures, she said 'knowing where your money is going is absolutely crucial to the transparency that I think our government needs.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 9/8/21]
2021: Hinson Claimed $700 Million In COVID Relief Went To Prisoners According to Daily Nonpareil, "For example, Hinson said, $700 million in a coronavirus relief package went to prisoners such as Dylann Roof, who killed nine members of a Black South Carolina church congregations, and Larry Nassar, a coach convicted of sexual abuse of Olympic gymnasts." [Daily Nonpareil, 9/8/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Democratic Spending And Declined To Support Debt Limit Increase In 2021 According to The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'She'll also be a "no" vote on raising the debt limit, saying Democrats own the spending that is "adding up exponentially." [...] "Our credit cards in this country are maxed out, and our bill is due, and Democrats want to spend every single penny that is stuck in the couch cushions right now," Hinson said.' [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/17/21]
September 2021: Hinson Opposed Raising The Debt Limit According to Daily Nonpareil, "She'll also be a 'no' vote on raising the debt limit, saying Democrats own the spending that is 'adding up exponentially.' 'Our credit cards in this country are maxed out, and our bill is due, and Democrats want to spend every single penny that is stuck in the couch cushions right now,' Hinson said." [Daily Nonpareil, 9/17/21]
2021: Letter Writer Norman Sherman Reported Ashley Hinson Opposed Democratic 'Spending Spigot' According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Rep. Ashley Hinson didn't like the Democratic 'spending spigot.' She would like to cut off the flow as she is 'standing up for taxpayers, standing up for rural America, standing for safety and security.'" [Letter to the Editor - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/1/21]
January 2022: Hinson Criticized Democrats For Excessive Spending According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'For Democrats, "the solution to everything right now is just spending more money," she said. "We need to make sure we're holding them accountable … and focus on the solutions that will actually help our working families."' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Called For Fiscal Accountability Over Increased Spending By Democrats According to Globe Gazette, "For Democrats, 'the solution to everything right now is just spending more money,' she said. 'We need to make sure we're holding them accountable … and focus on the solutions that will actually help our working families.'" [Globe Gazette, 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Criticized Democratic Spending Policies According to Daily Nonpareil, 'For Democrats, "the solution to everything right now is just spending more money," she said. "We need to make sure we're holding them accountable … and focus on the solutions that will actually help our working families."' [Daily Nonpareil, 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Accused Democrats Of Relying On Increased Spending To Solve Issues According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'For Democrats, “the solution to everything right now is just spending more money,” she said. “We need to make sure we're holding them accountable … and focus on the solutions that will actually help our working families.”' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 1/24/22]
2024: Ashley Hinson Stated Focus On Cutting Administration Spending While Investing In Iowa According to Sioux City Journal, "As a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, I am laser focused on cutting the Biden Administration's wasteful spending while delivering targeted and impactful investments for Iowa, especially in rural communities that have often been overlooked by the federal government," Hinson said in a statement to The Gazette. [Sioux City Journal, 6/6/24]
2024: Ashley Hinson Cited Cutting Federal Spending And Delivering Targeted Investments As Priorities According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "'As a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, I am laser focused on cutting the Biden Administration's wasteful spending while delivering targeted and impactful investments for Iowa, especially in rural communities that have often been overlooked by the federal government,' Hinson said in a statement to The Gazette." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 6/6/24]
September 2024: Hinson Cited Inflation As Factor In Food Insecurity According to Gazette, "Asked what else can be done to address the underlying issue leading to heightened food insecurity and hunger in Iowa, Hinson said many Iowans are finding it difficult to make ends meet due to inflation." [Gazette, 9/4/24]
2024: Ashley Hinson Criticized Government Funding Process As Broken According to Gazette, "Hinson, speaking to reporters Friday morning, said the government funding process is broken and she 'will work to prevent a harmful government shutdown.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/20/24]
October 2024: Hinson Voiced Concern About Congressional Dysfunction And Timeliness According to Daily Nonpareil, '"I don't think people need to worry,' Hinson said. 'What I am concerned about here is the continual dysfunction of Congress and getting these things done on time.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 10/15/24]
2024: Puffett Criticized Hinson's Voting Record On Federal Spending According to Gazette, "Puffett lamented that the package did not include money to bolster U.S. border security. She also mentioned supporting mental health services and foster care and taking care of Iowa veterans." [Gazette, 10/20/24]
January 2025: Hinson Responded To Federal Grant Freeze And Pledged To Prevent 'Woke Spending Sprees' According to Gazette, 'Amid confusion over a freeze on federal grants and loans ordered by Trump, Hinson told reporters she intends to continue to work to prevent "woke spending sprees" by the federal government.' [Gazette, 1/31/25]
January 2025: Hinson Said Federal Funding Should Align With Voter Priorities According to Gazette, 'The point is to ensure that all federal funding is really in line with what the American people voted for and to end the abuse of taxpayer dollars on woke priorities that we saw go rampant under the Biden administration,' Hinson said. [Gazette, 1/31/25]
2025: Hinson Stated Funding Decisions Should Reflect Good Use Of Taxpayer Money According to Des Moines Register, "'My approach to everybody is that if it's a good use of taxpayer money, it's going to be allowed to move forward. I am going to continue operating as I always have,' Hinson said." [Des Moines Register, 2/1/25]
2025: Hinson Addressed Trump-Ordered Federal Grant And Loan Freeze According to Globe Gazette, "Amid confusion over a freeze on federal grants and loans ordered by Trump, Hinson told reporters she intends to continue to work to prevent 'woke spending sprees' by the federal government." [Globe Gazette, 2/1/25]
2025: Hinson Clarified That Key Federal Programs Would Continue Despite Funding Freeze According to Globe Gazette, 'There was a lot of fearmongering this week about the order,' Hinson said, echoing Trump administration officials who said programs that provide direct assistance to Americans, including Medicare, Social Security, student loans and food stamps, would not be affected. [Globe Gazette, 2/1/25]
2025: Hinson Worked With Local Stakeholders To Address Concerns About Funding Freeze According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson said her office is working with Iowa nonprofits, cities, school districts and other impacted stakeholders to clarify any confusion.' [Globe Gazette, 2/1/25]
February 2025: Hinson Pledged To Advocate For Programs She Can Justify As Worthy Of Federal Funding According to Telegraph Herald, "'If a good program is worth the funding and I can justify it to use, I'm going to go to bat for it in the process,' she said. 'What I think is important is that we have the proper oversight. Many of these executive branch programs have kind of been carte blanche for a long time. ... The only way we're going to get out of that is by taking a look at everything and figuring out what's a need versus what's a want and what's a waste.'" [Telegraph Herald, 2/4/25]
Ashley Hinson Expressed Support For Programs Benefiting Local Communities In 2025 According to Dyersville Commercial, 'If a good program is worth the funding, and I can justify its use, I will go to bat for it,' Hinson said. 'We need to focus on what is being spent. Is this a need or want? I want to advocate for what works here at home.' [Dyersville Commercial, 2/12/25]
2025: Hinson Pledged To Advocate For Eliminating Waste, Fraud, And Abuse According to Sioux City Journal, 'So I will continue to advocate for finding those savings, eliminating that waste, fraud and abuse. And then, in my role as an appropriator [...] making sure that we're funding the programs that we need to fund.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 3/9/25]
March 2025: Ashley Hinson Advocated For Eliminating Waste And Fraud In Government Spending According to Des Moines Register, "When they see people skirting the system, again, perpetrating these kinds of massive frauds at the expense of hundreds of billions of dollars, that's a huge slap in the face to the Iowa taxpayers," Hinson said. "So I will continue to advocate for finding those savings, eliminating that waste, fraud and abuse. And then in my role as an appropriator, which we're coming up on a pretty important deadline here, making sure that we're funding the programs we need to fund." [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 3/9/25]
March 2025: Ashley Hinson Supported Trump and Musk’s Efforts to Root Out Government Fraud Via DOGE According to Gazette, "This is about ensuring that all those tax dollars are being used to get the benefits to those who truly need them. And I think that is, again, that is at the heart of what I want to see happen with Trump's and billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to root out 'waste, fraud and abuse' through the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 4/3/25]
2025: Hinson Asserted Interest In Finding Savings Instead Of Cutting Benefits According To Muscatine Journal According to Muscatine Journal, "Hinson, a member of the House Appropriations Committee's, said last week the House is not looking to cut benefits but to find savings with the elimination of duplicative programs and 'waste, fraud and abuse' as well as 'eligibility adjustments' through new work requirements for federal food assistance and Medicaid." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 4/17/25]
Ashley Hinson Was Criticized By Opponent For Voting For Republican Budget Framework According to Gazette, "He also criticized Hinson for voting for a Republican budget framework he argues will lead to cuts in health care coverage for Iowans, while providing billions in tax giveaways to big corporations and the wealthiest Americans." [Gazette, 4/17/25]
2025: Hinson Criticized For Voting For Republican Budget Plan According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), "He also criticized Hinson for voting for a Republican budget framework he argues will lead to cuts in health care coverage for Iowans, while providing billions in tax giveaways to big corporations and the wealthiest Americans." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), 4/17/25]
April 2025: Ashley Hinson Emphasized Support For Trump's Policies And Federal Spending Cuts According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson emphasized her commitment to cutting wasteful federal spending, securing the border and supporting Trump's policies, including extending tax cuts set to expire this year that Trump had approved in 2017 during his first term." [Globe Gazette, 4/23/25]
2017: Ashley Hinson Supported Comprehensive Review of Iowa Tax Credits According to an editorial published in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "I believe there are tax credits that are given out that are not doing what they’re intended to do," Hinson, vice chair of the House Appropriations Committee, said at that recent listening post. "I do support that close and in-depth analysis of our tax credit program because I don’t think we should be giving out tax credits piecemeal across the state." [Editorial - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 3/5/17]
December 2020: Hinson Linked Federal Government Debt To Preserving Entitlement Programs According to Mitchell County Press-News, "addressing the federal government's debt has to be a part of the discussion or 'there won't be any Social Security or any of these entitlement programs,' she said." [Mitchell County Press-News, 12/11/20]
December 2020: Ashley Hinson Prioritized Assessing Effectiveness Of Stimulus Programs In Early Congressional Term According to Mitchell County Press-News, 'Hinson said her priority in the next few months will be looking at the results of the stimulus programs — whether they were effective and whether more needs to be done. If another round of stimulus is needed, Congress should act quickly.' [Mitchell County Press-News, 12/30/20]
2021: Hinson Pledged To Watch Federal Spending Closely According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "I can promise taxpayers and Iowans that I'm going to be watching like a hawk. I'm going to do everything I can to protect their taxpayer dollars from being used irresponsibly. I want to make sure we're pushing for limited funds to be used for things that are important to Iowans' priorities." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/18/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Washington's Spending And Emphasized Accountability According to The Gazette, 'The number one reason I ran for office was to be a hawk for taxpayers. That seems to have gotten lost in Washington, D.C.,' Hinson said. 'We need to remember who we work for and really consider all these decisions right now.' [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/27/21]
February 2021: Ashley Hinson Supported Targeted COVID-19 Relief And Opposed 'Unrelated' Spending According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "In a comment to The Courier, Hinson said she got input from many Iowans who want 'targeted relief without all of the extra spending on unrelated policies that would hurt Iowan taxpayers.' She said she heard from small business owners who benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program, which offers loans to help owners keep employees on payroll during COVID-19." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/16/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden’s 100-Day Speech For Promoting Increased Government Spending According to Globe Gazette, "I went to the speech with open mind," 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson said Thursday, the day after Biden's address to the nation. Instead, she said she heard "a speech that was clearly about the heavy hand of government, more government. It was really about spending trillions of taxpayer dollars we don't have to fund policies that Iowans don't want." [Globe Gazette, 4/30/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden's 100-Day Speech For Advocating Increased Government Spending According to Denison Bulletin & Review (Iowa), "I went to the speech with open mind," 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson said Thursday, the day after Biden's address to the nation. Instead, she said she heard "a speech that was clearly about the heavy hand of government, more government. It was really about spending trillions of taxpayer dollars we don't have to fund policies that Iowans don't want." [Denison Bulletin & Review (Iowa), 4/30/21]
Ashley Hinson Expressed Disappointment With Biden's Spending Proposals In 2021 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson was "disappointed" with President Joe Biden's speech to the nation Wednesday, but nevertheless thought parts of his new spending proposals are ripe for bipartisan compromise.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 5/2/21]
Ashley Hinson Warned Of National Debt From Biden's Proposals In 2021 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'Along with the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, Hinson bemoaned the $6 trillion price tag of Biden's proposals, saying the debt would be passed on to the next generation.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 5/2/21]
Ashley Hinson Claimed Biden's Spending And Regulations Would Harm Economy In 2021 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, '"All this spending combined with government regulations will hold our economy back," Hinson said. "I've heard from a lot of people. They're fearful of what's to come."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 5/2/21]
January 2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed Wasteful Spending But Supported Earmarks For Iowa Projects According to Gazette, "'I came to D.C. to be a taxpayer advocate. I am against wasteful spending and believe we need to cut excessive spending,' Iowa 1st District Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson said. Since taking office in January, she voted against Democratic spending bills that she said 'blatantly disrespected taxpayers.' 'But I also was elected to fight for Iowa,' she said, explaining that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic majority were going to revive earmarks with or without Republicans. 'I would rather this money go to Iowa than to California. I want to bring taxpayer dollars back to Iowa to be reinvested at home.'" [Gazette, 6/7/21]
2021: Hinson Argued Earmark Requests Did Not Increase Federal Spending According to Daily Nonpareil, "Their requests are not adding spending to the federal budget. Instead, according to Hinson, [...] they are asking that 'money already being designated to certain federal programs be allocated to these projects within those programs.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Said Earmark Requests Did Not Add New Spending According to Valley News Today, 'Hinson and Axne don't see it that way. Their requests are not adding spending to the federal budget. Instead, according to Hinson, who sits on the House Appropriations and Budget committees, they are asking that "money already being designated to certain federal programs be allocated to these projects within those programs."' [Valley News Today, 6/8/21]
2021: Hinson Stated Her Requests Did Not Increase Federal Spending According to Daily Nonpareil, "Their requests are not adding spending to the federal budget. Instead, according to Hinson [...] they are asking that 'money already being designated to certain federal programs be allocated to these projects within those programs.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Expressed Concern Over Record Inflation Impacting Families According to Gazette, Hinson said, "When you're looking at real ways to help American families, it's to make sure they're not seeing record inflation like we're experiencing right now." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/16/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Participated In Appropriations Committee Markup And Opposed Final Passage Of Certain Spending Bills According to Gazette, "Hinson has been in Washington this week marking up spending bills as a member of the House Appropriations Committee. She's supported some of the Democratic proposals but voted against final passage because 'I think that these bills disrespect taxpayers.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/16/21]
2021: Hinson Participated In Marking Up Spending Bills As Appropriations Committee Member According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson has been in Washington this week marking up spending bills as a member of the House Appropriations Committee. She's supported some of the Democratic proposals but voted against final passage because 'I think that these bills disrespect taxpayers.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 7/16/21]
July 2021: Hinson Criticized 'Pork Spending' In The American Rescue Plan According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Her problem is that the rescue plan that included the child tax credit 'was full of pork spending.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/19/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Voted Against $617 Billion Discretionary Spending Package According to Gazette, "U.S. House Appropriations Committee member Rep. Ashley Hinson voted against a $617 billion discretionary spending package, saying it's time 'to turn off the spending spigot … to stop this inflation tax on our middle and working-class families.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/30/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Attributed Rising Inflation To Federal Spending According to Gazette, "However, spending money the federal government doesn't have will continue to contribute to rising inflation, Hinson said." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/30/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Reported Constituent Concerns Over Inflation According to Gazette, "In travels around the 20-county 1st District, Hinson said concerns about inflation have 'particularly ramped up in the past couple of months.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/30/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Stated Pandemic-Related Federal Spending Was Not Intended To Be Permanent According to Gazette, "Although some of federal spending is related to efforts to help Americans through the coronavirus pandemic, it was never meant to be permanent, Hinson said." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/30/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Called For Policies To Reinvigorate The Economy And End Pandemic Dependency According to Gazette, "We need policies that get our economy back on track, get our lives back to normal," she said, "not policies that are just going to prolong the pandemic way of life and dependency on government." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/30/21]
July 2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Voted Against $617 Billion Discretionary Spending Package According to Daily Nonpareil, "U.S. House Appropriations Committee member Rep. Ashley Hinson voted against a $617 billion discretionary spending package, saying it's time 'to turn off the spending spigot … to stop this inflation tax on our middle and working-class families.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 7/30/21]
Ashley Hinson Asserted Democratic Spending Fueled Inflation in 2021 According to Daily Nonpareil, "However, spending money the federal government doesn't have will continue to contribute to rising inflation, Hinson said." [Daily Nonpareil, 7/30/21]
Ashley Hinson Cited Strain on Families Due to 2021 Inflation According to Daily Nonpareil, "Inflation, which increased 3.5% year-over-year in June, according to the Commerce Department, is putting 'a terrible strain on hardworking families who are now paying more for just about everything,' including groceries, gas and utilities, Hinson said." [Daily Nonpareil, 7/30/21]
2022: Hinson Promoted Policies To Help Iowans Retain More Income Amid Inflation According to Telegraph Herald, "So my goal, and the policies I will continue to push for, are policies that will help you to keep more of your paycheck and your hard-earned money." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 2/17/22]
2022: Hinson Claimed Community Project Funding Process Had Been Reformed According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'Hinson said the process has been "reformed." "It provides the transparency that many people were critical of last time around," Hinson said. "(House) Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi is going to spend the money anyway, so I want to make sure that we are being targeted in getting those investments back home, and that's exactly what we did."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 3/20/22]
Ashley Hinson Co-sponsored Informed Lawmaking to Combat Inflation Act According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'Hinson, too, pointed to her support for bipartisan legislation co-sponsored with Democratic U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy of Florida and Kurt Schrader of Oregon aimed to combat inflation and help lower the price of goods and services. The legislation, called the Informed Lawmaking to Combat Inflation Act¸ directs the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to analyze the inflationary effects of pending legislation with a significant budgetary impact and provide members of Congress with that information before voting on such bills.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/25/22]
2022: Hinson Identified National Debt As Major Threat To Country According to Telegraph Herald, "We understand that one of the biggest threats to our country is the debt," she said. "If we don't restore responsibility to spending and take a comprehensive look at that, we're going to be in real trouble." [Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles (Dubuque, Iowa), 9/27/22]
2022: Hinson Cited Exclusion of House Republicans From Negotiations and Concerns About Spending and the Border in Her Opposition According to The Gazette, "Hinson, in a statement, said House Republicans 'were shut out of the last-minute negotiations, and the end product did not respect taxpayers or address the dire border crisis.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 12/23/22]
December 2022: Ashley Hinson Voted Against $1.7 Trillion Spending Package Including Projects She Requested According to Gazette, "Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson voted against a $1.7 trillion spending package that includes nearly $28 million in earmarked funding Hinson requested for projects in her district." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 12/24/22]
December 2022: Hinson Stated GOP Was Excluded From Spending Negotiations According to Gazette, "Hinson, in a statement, said House Republicans 'were shut out of the last-minute negotiations, and the end product did not respect taxpayers or address the dire border crisis.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 12/24/22]
Gazette Confirmed Hinson's Statement About Cost Of Payment Pause Was Accurate As Of 2022 According to The Gazette, "Hinson's right on the cost of the payment pause as the federal government is left without money it expected to take in from loans it budgeted for borrowers to repay." [Gazette, 12/26/22]
December 2022: Gazette Rated Hinson's Tweet A 'B' For Accuracy And Context According to The Gazette, "We give Hinson a B for her tweet." [Gazette, 12/26/22]
August 2023: Ashley Hinson Criticized Federal Overspending And Bureaucracy At New Hampton Town Hall According to New Hampton Tribune, "Early in the meeting, Hinson said there is a reason the GOP was able to win back control of the House in 2022. 'People are tired of the overspending, overreaching and over regulatory attitude of Washington,' said Hinson, who added that 'Washington needs to be run more like Iowa.' She decried the power federal bureaucrats have gained in recent years because of executive orders issued by presidents of both parties. 'I'll admit it's both parties, and it simply must stop,' she said. 'We in effect have an unregulated fourth branch of government.'" [New Hampton Tribune (Iowa), 8/3/23]
August 2023: Hinson Asserted Efforts To Reduce Government Spending In Measured Way According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson asserted she and other GOP members of the House budget writing committee have 'gone through with a fine tooth comb' to reduce government spending 'in a very measured way.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Stated Need For Responsible Government Funding According to Sioux City Journal, 'I want to make sure we do everything we can to fund the government in a responsible way, (and) get the best deal we can for taxpayers,' Hinson said. [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Supported Use Of Continuing Resolution To Prevent Shutdown According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, said congressional leaders continue to discuss how to avoid a government shutdown when the new federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Hinson said a short-term spending measure — known as a continuing resolution — will be necessary to keep the government funded until at least early December, giving Congress more time to reach agreement on a spending bill.' [Globe Gazette, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Supported Short-Term Spending Measure To Prevent Shutdown According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, said congressional leaders continue to discuss how to avoid a government shutdown when the new federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Hinson said a short-term spending measure known as a continuing resolution will be necessary to keep the government funded until at least early December, giving Congress more time to reach agreement on a spending bill." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Ashley Hinson Opposed A Potential Government Shutdown And Supported Passing Appropriations Bills According to Manchester Press (Iowa), "Hinson opposes the move by the Freedom Caucus. 'I've been very clear that I don't think a government shut down is good for anybody. I think we need to focus on passing our appropriations bills and that's what I support." [Manchester Press (Iowa), 8/30/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Prioritized Farm Bill And Government Funding Packages After August Recess According to Gazette, "In a visit to the Cedar Rapids Rotary Club last Monday, Rep. Ashley Hinson said working on the farm bill and government funding packages are among her top priority when she returns to Congress. 'I don't believe a government shutdown is in the best interest of anybody,' Hinson said in Cedar Rapids. 'So when we get back after the August recess that is going to be my main goal, is to make sure we're getting as many of those (appropriations) bills done.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/4/23]
September 2023: Hinson Prioritized Iowan Investments And Fiscal Conservatism On Appropriations Committee According to The Gazette, "A member of the House Appropriations Committee, Hinson said her approach to the government funding process has always been to invest in Iowans' priorities while cutting wasteful spending, and that same standard will apply throughout the current process and negotiations." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/27/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Voted For Short-Term Spending Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown According to The Gazette, "Iowa's all-Republican U.S. House delegation voted Friday on a failed last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open as the funding deadline nears." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/29/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Called For Conservative Policy And Bipartisan Negotiation To Fund Government Responsibly According to The Gazette, 'Let's fund the government. Let's pass good conservative policy to secure our border, and let's then negotiate with the Senate so we can get our government funded in a more responsible way,' Hinson said. [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/29/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Urged Funding Government And Negotiating Conservative Policy According to Daily Nonpareil, "'Let's fund the government. Let's pass good conservative policy to secure our border, and let's then negotiate with the Senate so we can get our government funded in a more responsible way,' Hinson said." [Daily Nonpareil, 9/30/23]
9/29/23: Ashley Hinson Expressed Commitment To Keeping Government Open According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), "Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, told reporters Friday Congress can and should keep the government open so troops and law enforcement are paid, border security operations continue, and essential services for veterans and seniors are not interrupted." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 9/30/23]
9/29/23: Hinson Criticized Government Dysfunction And Supported Fiscal Conservatism According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), '"This is not a game," Hinson said in a statement following the vote. "Taxpayers should not bear the consequences of Washington's chaos and dysfunction. I am committed to working on solutions to keep the government open while advancing fiscally conservative spending legislation."' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 9/30/23]
9/29/23: Hinson Urged Passing Conservative Spending Bills Without Shutdown According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), '"The way I see it, our troops, our veterans and families shouldn't be collateral in this process," Hinson told reporters Friday during a conference call. "And so my message to my colleagues is that we can pass these conservative spending bills, and we should do it without shutting the government down. I would also say to them that I think a shutdown gives up leverage when it comes to negotiating going forward."' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 9/30/23]
9/29/23: Hinson Supported Border Security And Responsible Funding Negotiations According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), '"Let's fund the government. Let's pass good conservative policy to secure our border, and let's then negotiate with the Senate so we can get our government funded in a more responsible way," Hinson said.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 9/30/23]
Ashley Hinson Expressed Support For Keeping Government Open In 2023 According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, told reporters Friday Congress can and should keep the government open so troops and law enforcement are paid, border security operations continue, and essential services for veterans and seniors are not interrupted." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 9/30/23]
Ashley Hinson Opposed Government Shutdown And Advocated Fiscal Conservatism In 2023 According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 'This is not a game,' Hinson said in a statement following the vote. 'Taxpayers should not bear the consequences of Washington's chaos and dysfunction. I am committed to working on solutions to keep the government open while advancing fiscally conservative spending legislation.' [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 9/30/23]
Ashley Hinson Emphasized Avoiding Shutdown To Maintain Negotiation Leverage In 2023 According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 'The way I see it, our troops, our veterans and families shouldn't be collateral in this process,' Hinson told reporters Friday during a conference call. 'And so my message to my colleagues is that we can pass these conservative spending bills, and we should do it without shutting the government down. I would also say to them that I think a shutdown gives up leverage when it comes to negotiating going forward.' [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 9/30/23]
March 2024: Ashley Hinson Stated Opposition To Social Security Benefit Cuts And Raising Retirement Age According to Muscatine Journal, "Hinson, speaking to reporters Friday, said she does not support cuts of any kind to Social Security or raising the retirement age. 'I will always support Social Security, and I will reject any cuts to Social Security,' said Hinson, of Marion. 'I will also reject the Democrats fear-mongering on this issue,' asserting trillions of dollars in spending approved by Democrats has fueled inflation that is hurting seniors and those on fixed incomes the most right now." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 3/22/24]
March 2024: Ashley Hinson's Spokesperson Commented On Scrutiny Of President Biden's Budget According to Muscatine Journal, "Hinson spokesperson Sophie Seid responded: 'The president's massive and disastrous budget deserves equal, if not more, scrutiny than one of the many budgets proposed by conservative groups that aspire to cut reckless spending and ensure future generations aren't saddled with debt.'" [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 3/22/24]
March 2024: Ashley Hinson Opposed Raising Social Security Retirement Age Or Cutting Benefits According to Globe Gazette, "speaking to reporters Friday, [Hinson] said she does not support cuts of any kind to Social Security or raising the retirement age. 'I will always support Social Security, and I will reject any cuts to Social Security,' said Hinson, of Marion. 'I will also reject the Democrats fear-mongering on this issue,' asserting trillions of dollars in spending approved by Democrats has fueled inflation that is hurting seniors and those on fixed incomes the most right now." [Globe Gazette, 3/22/24]
March 2024: Ashley Hinson Distinguished Herself From The GOP Budget On Social Security Cuts And Retirement Age According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson, speaking to reporters Friday, said she does not support cuts of any kind to Social Security or raising the retirement age. 'I will always support Social Security, and I will reject any cuts to Social Security,' said Hinson, of Marion. 'I will also reject the Democrats fear-mongering on this issue.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 3/22/24]
2024: Hinson Spokesperson Responded On Budget Scrutiny According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson spokesperson Sophie Seid responded: 'The president's massive and disastrous budget deserves equal, if not more, scrutiny than one of the many budgets proposed by conservative groups that aspire to cut reckless spending and ensure future generations aren't saddled with debt.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 3/24/24]
March 2024: Hinson Voted To Approve $1.2 Trillion Government Funding Package According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson, Nunn and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted to approve that bill, while Feenstra voted against it." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 3/24/24]
March 2024: Hinson's Spokesperson Responded To Scrutiny Of RSC Budget Proposal According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson spokesperson Sophie Seid responded: 'The president's massive and disastrous budget deserves equal, if not more, scrutiny than one of the many budgets proposed by conservative groups that aspire to cut reckless spending and ensure future generations aren't saddled with debt.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 3/24/24]
March 2024: Hinson Voted To Approve $1.2 Trillion Government Funding Bill According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson, Nunn and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted to approve that bill, while Feenstra voted against it." [Globe Gazette, 3/25/24]
March 2024: Hinson's Office Commented On Biden's Budget Versus RSC Budget According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson spokesperson Sophie Seid responded: 'The president's massive and disastrous budget deserves equal, if not more, scrutiny than one of the many budgets proposed by conservative groups that aspire to cut reckless spending and ensure future generations aren't saddled with debt.'" [Globe Gazette, 3/25/24]
August 2024: Ashley Hinson Criticized Congress For Lack Of Bipartisan Support On Appropriation Bills According to Manchester Press, 'We have all 12 of our appropriation bills out of committee, but we have Republicans that won't support bills and Democrats that won't support bills,' she said. [Manchester Press (Iowa), 9/4/24]
2024: Ashley Hinson Worked To Move Single-Subject Budget Bills Forward According to Gazette, 'She said she worked to get 12 single-subject budget bills out of committee and across the House floor.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/20/24]
2021: Hinson Served On House Appropriations And Budget Committees According to Daily Nonpareil, "according to Hinson, who sits on the House Appropriations and Budget committees, they are asking that 'money already being designated to certain federal programs be allocated to these projects within those programs.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Served On House Appropriations And Budget Committees According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson, who sits on the House Appropriations and Budget committees, [...] they are asking that 'money already being designated to certain federal programs be allocated to these projects within those programs.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 6/7/21]
2021: Hinson Sat On House Appropriations And Budget Committees According to Daily Nonpareil, "according to Hinson, who sits on the House Appropriations and Budget committees, they are asking that 'money already being designated to certain federal programs be allocated to these projects within those programs.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/21]
August 2023: Hinson Served On House Appropriations Committee And Supported Short-Term Spending Measure To Prevent Shutdown According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, said congressional leaders continue to discuss how to avoid a government shutdown when the new federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Hinson said a short-term spending measure known as a continuing resolution will be necessary to keep the government funded until at least early December, giving Congress more time to reach agreement on a spending bill." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Advocated Continuing Resolution To Avoid Shutdown According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "Hinson, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, said congressional leaders continue to discuss how to avoid a government shutdown when the new federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Hinson said a short-term spending measure known as a continuing resolution will be necessary to keep the government funded until at least early December, giving Congress more time to reach agreement on a spending bill." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Supported Short-Term Funding Measure To Prevent Shutdown According to Sioux City Journal, "Hinson, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, said congressional leaders continue to discuss how to avoid a government shutdown when the new federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Hinson said a short-term spending measure—known as a continuing resolution—will be necessary to keep the government funded until at least early December, giving Congress more time to reach agreement on a spending bill." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
March 2024: Ashley Hinson Voted To Approve A $1.2 Trillion Government Funding Package According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson, Nunn and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted to approve that bill, while Feenstra voted against it." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 3/22/24]
March 2024: Hinson Approved $1.2 Trillion Government Funding Bill According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), "Hinson, Nunn and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted to approve that bill, while Feenstra voted against it." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 3/22/24]
March 2024: Hinson Voted To Approve $1.2 Trillion Government Funding Package According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson, Nunn and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted to approve that bill, while Feenstra voted against it." [Daily Nonpareil, 3/24/24]
October 2021: Hinson Supported A Balanced Budget Amendment According to Telegraph Herald, 'Hinson said she would support such an amendment [a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget]. However, she added that the process would most likely require a change in leadership, as Democrats currently control the House, Senate and the presidency.' [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/19/21]
October 2021: Hinson Advocated For Limiting Government Spending According to Telegraph Herald, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, advocated for limiting government spending, increasing border security and ending enhanced unemployment payments during a town hall Monday in Maquoketa." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/19/21]
October 2021: Hinson Supported A Balanced Budget Amendment According to Telegraph Herald, "Hinson said she would support such an amendment. However, she added that the process would most likely require a change in leadership, as Democrats currently control the House, Senate and the presidency." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/19/21]
Ashley Hinson Reassured Federal Programs Serving Iowans Would Not Be Affected By Funding Freeze In 2025 According to Daily Nonpareil, '“There was a lot of fearmongering this week about the order,” Hinson said, echoing Trump administration officials who said programs that provide direct assistance to Americans, including Medicare, Social Security, student loans and food stamps, would not be affected.' [Daily Nonpareil, 1/31/25]
Ashley Hinson Pledged To Support 'Good Use' Of Taxpayer Funds While Opposing Woke Spending In 2025 According to Daily Nonpareil, '“My approach to everybody is if it's a good use of taxpayer money, it's going to be allowed to move forward,” she said. “I'm going to continue operating as I always have. I always work to get targeted investment back to Iowa while working to prevent woke spending sprees.”' [Daily Nonpareil, 1/31/25]
Ashley Hinson Pledged To Continue Preventing 'Woke Spending Sprees' After Federal Grant Freeze According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 'Amid confusion over a freeze on federal grants and loans ordered by Trump, Hinson told reporters she intends to continue to work to prevent "woke spending sprees" by the federal government.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 1/31/25]
Ashley Hinson Affirmed Support For Targeted Use Of Taxpayer Funds While Rejecting 'Woke' Spending In 2025 According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), '"My approach to everybody is if it's a good use of taxpayer money, it's going to be allowed to move forward," she said. "I'm going to continue operating as I always have. I always work to get targeted investment back to Iowa while working to prevent woke spending sprees."' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 1/31/25]
2025: Hinson Announced Commitment To Fight 'Woke' Spending In Congress According to Des Moines Register, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, said she plans to continue work to weed out 'woke spending sprees' in the government." [Des Moines Register, 2/1/25]
April 2025: Hinson Argued For Cutting Waste, Growing Private-Sector Jobs, And Reducing Federal Workforce According to Muscatine Journal, "She said efforts by billionaire Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to root out wasteful spending, inefficiencies and fraud in the federal government frees up resources to ensure services and benefits are strengthened and maintained, and go to those who need them most." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 4/24/25]
March 2020: Ashley Hinson Described Iowa House GOP As "Overly Cautious" About State Budget Plans According to Muscatine Journal, "Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, told members of the Westside Conservative Club on Wednesday that the House is being 'overly cautious,' and she expects to see fiscal 2021 spending targets soon after the state Revenue Estimating Conference meets Thursday." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 3/11/20]
March 2020: Ashley Hinson Stated The House Would Be Ready To Pivot Between Two Budget Plans According to Muscatine Journal, "I think what our appropriations chair wants to do is to be ready to handle both in case we need to pivot quickly. I think there's a good chance that (the governor's plan) moves forward in some form — maybe not what it looks like right now," Hinson said in an interview. [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 3/11/20]
March 2020: Ashley Hinson Expressed Concerns About Constitutional Protection of Invest in Iowa Act Funds According to Muscatine Journal, "Hinson said she got the hard sell from the governor during one of Reynolds' recent tour stops in Linn County, but she said 'I'm not 100 percent there yet. I have some concerns over the constitutional protection of the money.'" [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 3/11/20]
March 2020: Hinson Cited House's Cautious Approach To State Budget Planning According to The Gazette, "Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, told members of the Westside Conservative Club on Wednesday that the House is being 'overly cautious,' and she expects to see fiscal 2021 spending targets soon after the state Revenue Estimating Conference meets Thursday." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 3/11/20]
March 2020: Hinson Suggested House Would Consider Budget Based On Revenue Conference Outcome According to The Gazette, '"I think what our appropriations chair wants to do is to be ready to handle both in case we need to pivot quickly. I think there's a good chance that (the governor's plan) moves forward in some form — maybe not what it looks like right now," Hinson said in an interview.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 3/11/20]
March 2020: Hinson Expressed Desire To Avoid Extended Budget Dispute According to The Gazette, '"I think all of us look at this year that we don't want to be here until June fighting over those details," she added. "I would say by the end of the month I think we probably have to have a clear decision if we're going to support that or not."' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 3/11/20]
March 2020: Hinson Voiced Concerns Over Invest In Iowa Act's Financial Protections According to The Gazette, 'Hinson said she got the hard sell from the governor during one of Reynolds' recent tour stops in Linn County, but she said "I'm not 100 percent there yet. I have some concerns over the constitutional protection of the money."' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 3/11/20]
March 2020: Hinson Questioned Revenue Safeguards In Governor's Plan According to The Gazette, '"There's nothing to say that a future Legislature can't come in and scoop some of that money, so I think to get me there would have to have some sort of protection on those resources," Hinson said.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 3/11/20]
January 2021: Hinson Stated She Intended To Reform The Federal Spending System Via Her Committee Roles According to Globe Gazette, "In a news release from her office, Hinson said she would work through both Budget and Appropriations committees to 'reform our broken spending system,' and has criticized some spending proposals by President Joe Biden." [Globe Gazette, 1/27/21]
January 2021: Hinson Criticized Federal Overspending In Comments On Her Budget Committee Appointment According to Globe Gazette, "I will use this position to help rein in Washington's out-of-control spending habits and check Democrats' efforts to fund a liberal wish list on the taxpayers' dime," Hinson said in the release. "Iowans are tired of the way Washington overspends their money with no accountability or transparency." [Globe Gazette, 1/27/21]
January 2021: Hinson Expressed Concern About Spending Amid Ongoing Economic Issues From The Covid-19 Pandemic According to Globe Gazette, "She said in a phone call that's true even as the national economy continues to reel from the economic downturn caused by the yearlong coronavirus pandemic. 'My number one job is to get them the relief they need, but I think it's important we're cognizant of the spending on the bottom line,' Hinson said. 'We can't continue to abuse taxpayers this way.'" [Globe Gazette, 1/27/21]
January 2021: Hinson Cited The 2020 U.S. Deficit And Called For Scrutiny Of Federal Programs According to Globe Gazette, "She noted the U.S.'s $3.1 trillion deficit in fiscal year 2020, which was more than triple that of 2019, largely due to the $2 trillion CARES Act passed last year. The amount is the greatest national deficit as a share of gross domestic product -- more than 15% -- since World War II. 'One of the priorities I have is to look at some of these programs on autopilot, and we need to be asking more questions,' she said, though she declined to name any programs in particular. 'We need to make sure we're prioritizing the needs of people over pet projects.'" [Globe Gazette, 1/27/21]
Ashley Hinson Stated Her Priorities Included Reforming Federal Spending According to The Gazette, "In a news release from her office, Hinson said she would work through both Budget and Appropriations committees to 'reform our broken spending system,' and has criticized some spending proposals by President Joe Biden." [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/27/21]
Ashley Hinson Expressed Concern About Federal Spending During COVID-19 Pandemic According to The Gazette, "She said in a phone call that's true even as the economy continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic. 'My number one job is to get them the relief they need, but I think it's important we're cognizant of the spending on the bottom line,' Hinson said. 'We can't continue to abuse taxpayers this way.'" [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/27/21]
May 2021: Ashley Hinson Expressed Concern About Federal Spending Under Biden's Proposed Budget According to Gazette, "The 'spending spigot is on' in Washington, and that's concerning to Rep. Ashley Hinson and Iowa 1st District voters she heard from at town hall meetings this week." [Gazette, 5/27/21]
May 2021: Ashley Hinson Served On The House Appropriations Committee According to Gazette, "Hinson, a Marion Republican who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, said the administration has shared little information about President Joe Biden's plans to propose a $6 trillion budget." [Gazette, 5/27/21]
May 2021: Hinson Expressed Concern About Biden's $6 Trillion Budget Proposal According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 'the "spending spigot is on" in Washington, and that's concerning to Rep. Ashley Hinson and Iowa 1st District voters she heard from at town hall meetings this week.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 5/27/21]
May 2021: Hinson Sat On House Appropriations Committee According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 'Hinson, a Marion Republican who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, said the administration has shared little information about President Joe Biden's plans to propose a $6 trillion budget.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 5/27/21]
May 2021: Hinson Called For More Transparency On Biden Budget According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), '"I think it's beyond time that we actually have some answers to what he's proposing so we can make sure that we're holding them accountable and do what's best for the American people," Hinson said during her weekly call with reporters.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 5/27/21]
May 2021: Hinson Expressed Concern Over Biden's Proposed $6 Trillion Budget According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson, a Marion Republican who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, said the administration has shared little information about President Joe Biden's plans to propose a $6 trillion budget. 'I think it's beyond time that we actually have some answers to what he's proposing so we can make sure that we're holding them accountable and do what's best for the American people,' Hinson said during her weekly call with reporters." [Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs,Iowa), 5/27/21]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Support For Responsible Government Funding And Focused On Gaining Republican Control According to Globe Gazette, 'I want to make sure we do everything we can to fund the government in a responsible way, (and) get the best deal we can for taxpayers,' Hinson said. 'But, then focus on making sure we change the occupant in the White House and win back the Senate, because that's the only way we can make real, transformative change to the federal budgeting process, which I agree has been broken for decades.' [Globe Gazette, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Intent To Avoid Government Shutdown According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Ashley Hinson said it's her intent to avoid a government shutdown, as a bloc of House conservatives this week announced they won't support a funding bill without conditions." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Opposed Shutdown As A Negotiation Tactic According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), '"I don't think shutting the government down completely is good for anyone right now," Hinson said to a question. "And I don't support advocating for that. … I've worked hard to craft bills that I think do a good job of reflecting our priorities in our district, while still cutting wasteful spending."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Supported A Short-Term Spending Measure To Avoid Shutdown According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson said a short-term spending measure — known as a continuing resolution — will be necessary to keep the government funded until at least early December, giving Congress more time to reach agreement on a spending bill." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Advocated Measured Reductions In Government Spending According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson asserted she and other GOP members of the House budget writing committee have 'gone through with a fine tooth comb' to reduce government spending 'in a very measured way.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Emphasized The Need For Republican Gains To Achieve Federal Budgetary Reform According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), '"But, then focus on making sure we change the occupant in the White House and win back the Senate, because that's the only way we can make real, transformative change to the federal budgeting process, which I agree has been broken for decades.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Ashley Hinson Expressed Intent To Avoid Government Shutdown According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "TAMA Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said it's her intent to avoid a government shutdown [...] Hinson fielded questions from a group of fewer than 20 Iowans on topics ranging from federal spending to energy and immigration policy to climate change and carbon capture pipelines during a town hall Tuesday in Tama." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Stated Support For A Continuing Resolution To Prevent Shutdown According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, said congressional leaders continue to discuss how to avoid a government shutdown when the new federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Hinson said a short-term spending measure known as a continuing resolution will be necessary to keep the government funded until at least early December, giving Congress more time to reach agreement on a spending bill." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Opposed Government Shutdown As Harmful According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, '"I don't think shutting the government down completely is good for anyone right now," Hinson said to a question. … I've worked hard to craft bills that I think do a good job of reflecting our priorities in our district while still cutting wasteful spending.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Advocated Reducing Government Spending According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'Hinson asserted she and other GOP members of the House budget writing committee have "gone through with a fine tooth comb" to reduce government spending "in a very measured way."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Linked Budget Reform To Changing Presidency And Senate Control According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, '"I want to make sure we do everything we can to fund the government in a responsible way, (and) get the best deal we can for taxpayers," Hinson said. "But, then focus on making sure we change the occupant in the White House and win back the Senate, because that's the only way we can make real, transformative change to the federal budgeting process, which I agree has been broken for decades."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expressed Intent To Avoid Government Shutdown According to Globe Gazette, "TAMA Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said it's her intent to avoid a government shutdown as a bloc of House conservatives this week announced they won't support a funding bill without conditions." [Globe Gazette, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Served On House Appropriations Committee According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, said congressional leaders continue to discuss how to avoid a government shutdown when the new federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1." [Globe Gazette, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Supported A Continuing Resolution To Prevent Shutdown According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson said a short-term spending measure known as a continuing resolution will be necessary to keep the government funded until at least early December, giving Congress more time to reach agreement on a spending bill." [Globe Gazette, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Opposed Government Shutdown As Harmful According to Globe Gazette, '"I don't think shutting the government down completely is good for anyone right now," Hinson said to a question. … I've worked hard to craft bills that I think do a good job of reflecting our priorities in our district while still cutting wasteful spending.' [Globe Gazette, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Claimed GOP Budget Writers Worked To Cut Spending According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson asserted she and other GOP members of the House budget writing committee have "gone through with a fine tooth comb" to reduce government spending "in a very measured way."' [Globe Gazette, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Prioritized Responsible Government Funding And Political Change According to Globe Gazette, '"I want to make sure we do everything we can to fund the government in a responsible way, (and) get the best deal we can for taxpayers," Hinson said. "But, then focus on making sure we change the occupant in the White House and win back the Senate, because that's the only way we can make real, transformative change to the federal budgeting process, which I agree has been broken for decades."' [Globe Gazette, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Expected Congress To Pass The Farm Bill And Budget Before September 30 Deadlines According to Telegraph Herald, "She also said she believed Congress would overcome divisions and pass both the farm bill and a federal budget before programs and funding end Sept. 30." [Telegraph Herald, 8/24/23]
August 2023: Hinson Voiced Confidence That Congress Would Pass The Farm Bill And Federal Budget By September 30 According to Telegraph Herald, "She also said she believed Congress would overcome divisions and pass both the farm bill and a federal budget before programs and funding end Sept. 30." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 8/24/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Expressed Confidence In Passing Conservative Funding Bills According to Telegraph Herald, 'During her call last week, though, Hinson said that she is confident her party can pull funding bills together. She was less sure that the House's bills would have any chance of support in the Senate or White House.' [Telegraph Herald, 9/17/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Advocated For Conservative Spending In Budget Legislation According to Telegraph Herald, '“We are going to keep advocating fort the most conservative bills possible,” she said. “The unfortunate reality is we have a Democrat in the White House and a Democrat (majority) spending.”' [Telegraph Herald, 9/17/23]
September 2023: Hinson Expressed Confidence In Pulling Funding Bills Together According to Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), "During her call last week, though, Hinson said that she is confident her party can pull funding bills together. She was less sure that the House's bills would have any chance of support in the Senate or White House." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 9/17/23]
September 2023: Hinson Advocated For Conservative Budget Bills According to Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), "We are going to keep advocating for the most conservative bills possible," she said. "The unfortunate reality is we have a Democrat in the White House and a Democrat (majority) spending." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 9/17/23]
Ashley Hinson Called For Responsible Government Funding And Conservative Border Policies In 2023 According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 'Let's fund the government. Let's pass good conservative policy to secure our border, and let's then negotiate with the Senate so we can get our government funded in a more responsible way,' Hinson said. [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 9/30/23]
September 2023: Hinson Expressed Commitment To Keeping Government Open According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, told reporters Friday Congress can and should keep the government open so troops and law enforcement are paid, border security operations continue, and essential services for veterans and seniors are not interrupted." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 9/30/23]
September 2023: Hinson Stated Opposition To Taxpayer Consequences From Congressional Dysfunction According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "'This is not a game,' Hinson said in a statement following the vote. 'Taxpayers should not bear the consequences of Washington's chaos and dysfunction. I am committed to working on solutions to keep the government open while advancing fiscally conservative spending legislation.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 9/30/23]
September 2023: Hinson Opposed Government Shutdown Due To Fiscal Ineffectiveness According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'Both Hinson and Miller-Meeks noted a shutdown ends up costing the federal government billions more in back pay to furloughed workers, extra administrative work, lost revenue and late fees on interest payments, and further reduces the productivity of federal government agencies.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 9/30/23]
September 2023: Hinson Urged Funding Government And Negotiating With Senate According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'Let's fund the government. Let's pass good conservative policy to secure our border, and let's then negotiate with the Senate so we can get our government funded in a more responsible way,' Hinson said. [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 9/30/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Urged Congress To Keep Government Open According to Globe Gazette, "Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, told reporters Friday Congress can and should keep the government open so troops and law enforcement are paid, border security operations continue, and essential services for veterans and seniors are not interrupted." [Globe Gazette, 9/30/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Criticized Government Dysfunction And Committed To Solutions According to Globe Gazette, "'This is not a game,' Hinson said in a statement following the vote. 'Taxpayers should not bear the consequences of Washington's chaos and dysfunction. I am committed to working on solutions to keep the government open while advancing fiscally conservative spending legislation.'" [Globe Gazette, 9/30/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Opposed Government Shutdown As It Reduces Negotiation Leverage According to Globe Gazette, "'The way I see it, our troops, our veterans and families shouldn't be collateral in this process,' Hinson told reporters Friday during a conference call. 'And so my message to my colleagues is that we can pass these conservative spending bills, and we should do it without shutting the government down. I would also say to them that I think a shutdown gives up leverage when it comes to negotiating going forward.'" [Globe Gazette, 9/30/23]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Argued Shutdowns Increase Federal Costs And Reduce Productivity According to Globe Gazette, "Both Hinson and Miller-Meeks noted a shutdown ends up costing the federal government billions more in back pay to furloughed workers, extra administrative work, lost revenue and late fees on interest payments, and further reduces the productivity of federal government agencies." [Globe Gazette, 9/30/23]
April 2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Criticized President Biden's Agenda As 'Big Government' According to Fox News Radio, Rep. Ashley Hinson said, "Republicans’ vision of freedom is absolutely right for America. And I thought President Biden’s big government agenda was wrong." [Fox News Radio, 4/29/21]
Ashley Hinson Explained Her Opposition To The Infrastructure Bill In January 2022 Press Call According to PolitiFact, "In a Jan. 20 press call to Iowa reporters, Hinson said she opposed the act because it was tied to social spending. However, she said, the money was going to be spent regardless once the bill was signed into law and Iowa should get its share." [PolitiFact, 1/21/22]
Ashley Hinson Criticized The Infrastructure Bill As Containing Unnecessary Spending In November 2021 According to PolitiFact, "On Nov. 8, 2021, the day the infrastructure bill was presented to President Joe Biden for his signature, Hinson sent a press release condemning the bill, both because it was tied then to the Build Back Better Act, and because she said it contained unnecessary spending." [PolitiFact, 1/21/22]
Ashley Hinson Claimed She Would Have Supported Infrastructure Bill With Only Existing Funding In 2021 According to PolitiFact, "Hinson said in the press release that she would have voted for the bill if it only featured a reauthorization of the $650 billion to go to any infrastructure needs but opposed the addition of new funds." [PolitiFact, 1/21/22]
November 2021: Ashley Hinson Voted Against The $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill According to Newsweek, "the money comes from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that President Biden signed into law in November. Hinson voted against it and, at the time, called the bill 'spending at its worst' and that the 'proposed legislation takes the Marxist ideology that once only existed in textbooks and makes it law in the United States,' the Post said." [Newsweek, 1/20/22]
2021: Letter Writer Marcia Buttgen Stated Ashley Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson voted against President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure plan to fix Iowa's crumbling roads and bridges." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 8/24/21]
Ashley Hinson Stated Intention To Vote Against $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill In 2021 According to The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'Hinson said she will vote "no" on Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders' $3.5 trillion budget proposal and hasn't made up her mind on the bipartisan infrastructure bill.' [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/17/21]
Ashley Hinson Indicated Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Lacked Sufficient Iowa Funding As Of September 2021 According to The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'At this point, Hinson said, the bill doesn't include enough funding for roads and bridges in Iowa to get her support, but she's waiting to see the final version before making up her mind.' [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/17/21]
September 2021: Hinson Expressed Opposition To $3.5 Trillion Budget Proposal According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson said she will vote 'no' on Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders' $3.5 trillion budget proposal and hasn't made up her mind on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. 'The $3.5 trillion spending package is the wrong spending at the wrong time,' she said. 'It is the biggest dive toward socialism we've seen, and it really is changing, fundamentally, the role of government, so that bill for me is a non-starter.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 9/17/21]
2021: Letter Writer Sharon Poplawski Reported Ashley Hinson Labeled Democratic Budget Proposals as 'Socialism' According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson referred to the current Democrats budget proposals as 'socialism.'" [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 9/19/21]
2021: Letter Writer Norman Sherman Stated Ashley Hinson Bemoaned Infrastructure Bill Passage According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Hinson 'bemoaned' the infrastructure bill which was passed in the House without a single Republican vote." [Letter to the Editor - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/1/21]
2021: Hinson Opposed Congressional Infrastructure Bill Due To Insufficient Iowa Funding According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'Hinson has been critical of the package because it doesn't include enough funding for Iowa's infrastructure needs and said that unless that changes she will oppose it.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/2/21]
2021: Hinson Criticized Infrastructure Package For Insufficient Iowa Funding According to Gazette, "Hinson has been critical of the package because it doesn't include enough funding for Iowa's infrastructure needs and said that unless that changes she will oppose it." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/4/21]
2021: Hinson Was Criticized By Democratic Opponent For Aligning With AFP Instead Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Supporters According to Gazette, "'She's making it clear to Iowans that she'd rather stand with the Koch Brothers than with Sen. Grassley and a bipartisan majority to invest in Iowa's infrastructure,' Mathis said. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa was among Republican senators who voted for the package." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/4/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed Bipartisan Infrastructure Package According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson said Thursday she remains opposed to the bipartisan infrastructure package, in part because it's tied to Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget proposal." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/7/21]
2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Opposed The Bipartisan Infrastructure Package According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson said last week she remains opposed to the bipartisan infrastructure package, in part because it's tied to Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget proposal." [Daily Nonpareil, 10/7/21]
2021: Hinson Criticized Linking Of Infrastructure Bill To Budget Proposal According to Daily Nonpareil, 'By linking the bipartisan infrastructure package to the $3.5 trillion “soft infrastructure” proposal, Democrats have wasted the possibility for a real bipartisan infrastructure package to move forward.' [Daily Nonpareil, 10/7/21]
Ashley Hinson Opposed The Bipartisan Infrastructure Package In 2021 According to Muscatine Journal, "Hinson said last week she remains opposed to the bipartisan infrastructure package, in part because it's tied to Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget proposal." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 10/7/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Scope Of 2021 Infrastructure Bill According to Muscatine Journal, 'Unfortunately, I don't think there was enough for the priorities that Iowans want — that's the hard infrastructure, the roads and bridges, locks and dams and broadband,' she said. [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 10/7/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Linking Infrastructure Bill To Budget Proposal In 2021 According to Muscatine Journal, 'By linking the bipartisan infrastructure package to the $3.5 trillion "soft infrastructure" proposal, Democrats have wasted the "possibility for a real bipartisan infrastructure package to move forward."' [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 10/7/21]
Liz Mathis Accused Ashley Hinson Of Contradiction On Infrastructure Funding In 2021 According to Muscatine Journal, Mathis said, 'There are many projects that I know she has listed that she wants to fund with infrastructure despite opposing the bipartisan infrastructure package, [...] And I'm not sure you can have it both ways.' [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 10/7/21]
2021: Hinson Criticized Infrastructure Bill Components According to Telegraph Herald, "Previously, Hinson had called elements of the infrastructure 'pointless' and 'reckless,' and said they only benefit the ultra-rich (via electric vehicle tax credits) or the Communist Party of China. Generally, though, she has most often spoken of the infrastructure bill by tying it directly to Democrats' overall policy agenda and the larger reconciliation package, which she has also called a 'sham.'" [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 11/14/21]
November 2021: Ashley Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill According to Gazette, "So Eastern Iowa's Republican members of Congress, 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson and 2nd District Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, voted against a bipartisan infrastructure bill that will bring billions of dollars to the state for highways, bridges, water infrastructure and other needs." [Gazette, 11/14/21]
November 8, 2021: Hinson Criticized Infrastructure Bill As Partisan According to Gazette, "'Too often in Washington, the potential for important, bipartisan policy is torpedoed by partisan politics. The need to make meaningful investments in our nation's real infrastructure — roads and bridges, locks and dams, and broadband — was sacrificed to advance a partisan, socialist spending spree,' Hinson said in a Nov. 8 statement." [Gazette, 11/14/21]
Ashley Hinson Objected To Amtrak Funding In Infrastructure Bill According to Gazette, "Hinson didn't like what was in the bill, including $30 billion in potential funding for Amtrak in the Northeast Corridor. Those coastal elites can walk to work." [Gazette, 11/14/21]
Ashley Hinson Linked Reconciliation Bill To Socialism According to Gazette, "'It's the biggest leap toward socialism this nation has ever seen — it takes the Marxist ideology that once only existed in textbooks and makes it law in the United States of America,' Hinson said of the reconciliation bill, which, again, was not tied to the infrastructure bill." [Gazette, 11/14/21]
2021: Letter Writer Mark McWhinney Praised Ashley Hinson for Opposing Democratic Spending According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "I'm so grateful and proud that our Congresswoman Ashley Hinson here in NE Iowa continues to hold Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden's feet to the fire for turning their backs on rural America and our way of life." [Letter to the Editor - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/22/21]
2021: Letter Writer Dave Bradley Stated Ashley Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Bills According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Voting against constituents, U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Ashley Hinson opposed both infrastructure bills." [Letter to the Editor - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/23/21]
2021: Letter Writer Dave Bradley Claimed Ashley Hinson Used 'Socialist' and 'Marxist' to Describe Infrastructure Legislation According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Hinson deceptively called taxpayer-funded infrastructure legislation, socialist and Marxist." [Letter to the Editor - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/23/21]
January 2022: Hinson Explained Her Opposition To The Bipartisan Infrastructure Package According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'she said she voted against the bipartisan infrastructure package because the funding wasn't targeted and was tied to trillions of spending she couldn't support.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Stated She Continued Fighting For Iowa Priorities After Package Passed According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'After it passed, Hinson said she continued to fight for her priorities.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Opposed $1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Package According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson, who voted against a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package earlier this year, defended her advocacy for 'targeted infrastructure spending.'" [Globe Gazette, 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Explained Vote Against Infrastructure Bill Was Due To Concerns Over Non-Targeted Funding And Large Spending According to Globe Gazette, "But she said she voted against the bipartisan infrastructure package because the funding wasn't targeted and was tied to trillions of spending she couldn't support. After it passed, Hinson said she continued to fight for her priorities." [Globe Gazette, 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Defended Voting Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Package But Supported Targeted Infrastructure According to Daily Nonpareil, 'Hinson, who voted against a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package earlier this year, defended her advocacy for "targeted infrastructure spending."' [Daily Nonpareil, 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Justified Voting Against Infrastructure Bill Due To Untargeted Spending According to Daily Nonpareil, 'But she said she voted against the bipartisan infrastructure package because the funding wasn't targeted and was tied to trillions of spending she couldn't support. After it passed, Hinson said she continued to fight for her priorities.' [Daily Nonpareil, 1/20/22]
2021: Hinson Described The Infrastructure Bill As A 'Socialist Spending Spree' According to NBC - 13 WHO, "Before its passage, Hinson referred to the bill as a 'Socialist spending spree'." [NBC - 13 WHO (Des Moines, Iowa), 1/20/22]
2022: Letter Writer Stated Ashley Hinson Voted Against Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "This bipartisan infrastructure bill that Hinson voted against will bring an historic investment into Iowa that will not only create thousands of jobs, but will help us retain talent and attract new business to the state." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 1/30/22]
2022: Letter Writer Asserted Ashley Hinson Criticized Infrastructure Bill As 'Washington Gamesmanship' According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "[Hinson] slammed calling the bill 'Washington Gamesmanship and Spending at Its Worst.'" [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 1/30/22]
2022: Letter Writer Accused Ashley Hinson Of Dishonesty Regarding Infrastructure Bill Credit According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "But voting no and sending out a statement claiming credit for only the parts she likes is dishonest." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 1/30/22]
2022: Letter Writer Emphasized Ashley Hinson Must 'Own' Her Vote Against Infrastructure Bill According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Ashley Hinson voted against the infrastructure bill, and she has to own that." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 1/30/22]
2021: Jaci Smith Claimed Ashley Hinson Took Credit for Infrastructure Project She Opposed According to an opinion piece by Jaci Smith in Globe Gazette, "I was disheartened to see freshman Congresswoman Ashley Hinson take credit for a project that will be funded by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that she not only voted against but slammed calling the bill 'Washington Gamesmanship and Spending at Its Worst.'" [Jaci Smith - Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 1/30/22]
2021: Jaci Smith Reported Ashley Hinson Slammed the Infrastructure Bill as 'Washington Gamesmanship and Spending at Its Worst' According to an opinion piece by Jaci Smith in Globe Gazette, "[Hinson] not only voted against but slammed [the bill] calling the bill 'Washington Gamesmanship and Spending at Its Worst.'" [Jaci Smith - Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 1/30/22]
2021: Jaci Smith Asserted Ashley Hinson Voted Against Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act According to an opinion piece by Jaci Smith in Globe Gazette, "Ashley Hinson voted against the infrastructure bill, and she has to own that." [Jaci Smith - Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 1/30/22]
Ashley Hinson Opposed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson has said she opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects in the district." [Globe Gazette, 8/13/24]
Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Bill Due To Cost But Secured Targeted Funding For District According to Waterloo Courier, "Hinson has said she opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects in the district." [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 8/14/24]
Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Bill Over Cost Concerns But Helped Secure Project Funding According to The Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson has said she opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects in the district." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/14/24]
Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Law According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Corkery also cited Hinson's votes against the bipartisan infrastructure law and legislation capping the price of insulin. [...] Hinson has said she opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects in the district." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/14/24]
Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Law And Legislation Capping Insulin Prices According to Globe Gazette, 'Corkery also cited Hinson's votes against the bipartisan infrastructure law and legislation capping the price of insulin. Hinson has said government price controls will ultimately raise premiums for Americans. Instead, she said she favors another bill with several bipartisan provisions that would cap outof-pocket insulin costs at $50 for seniors on Medicare Part D, allow high-deductible plans to cover insulin costs before the deductible kicks in, increase transparency for patients and promote innovation in the health care space.' [Globe Gazette, 8/15/24]
Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Bill Citing Large Price Tag But Supported Targeted Projects In District According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson has said she opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects in the district.' [Globe Gazette, 8/15/24]
2024: Letter Writer Karen Pratte Claimed Ashley Hinson Voted Against Infrastructure Funding According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Rep. Ashley Hinson voted against funding for infrastructure. In a recent telephone town hall, Hinson referred to these investments as 'wasteful spending.' Safe roads, bridges, and affordable internet might seem wasteful to Hinson, but to rural Iowans where I live, these are vital improvements." [Letter to the Editor - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/8/24]
2024: Ashley Hinson Supported Temporary Funding Resolution To Prevent Omnibus Package According to Gazette, 'Continuing resolutions are never my first choice, but when I look at what we tried to pass this week, that CR would have prevented a big, giant Christmas omnibus package. And it would have stopped Democrats in December from piling on more spending until we can get President Trump back in the White House.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/20/24]
Ashley Hinson Opposed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Over Cost Concerns And Sought Targeted Funding For District Projects According to The Gazette, "Hinson said she opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects in the district." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/20/24]
2024: Hinson Opposed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Over Cost According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson has said she opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects in the district.' [Globe Gazette, 10/21/24]
2024: Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Insulin Price Cap According to Telegraph Herald, 'Corkery and Iowa Democrats, however, note Hinson voted against the bipartisan infrastructure law and capping the price of insulin. Hinson has said government price controls ultimately will raise premiums. Instead, she said she favors another bill with several bipartisan provisions that would cap out-of-pocket insulin costs for seniors on Medicare Part D, allow high-deductible plans to cover insulin costs before the deductible kicks in, increase transparency for patients and promote health care innovation. Hinson has said she opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and projects in the district.' [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 10/26/24]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Asserted Biden’s Plan Would Expand Government At Expense Of Rural Iowans According to Globe Gazette, Biden "outlined divisions that would massively expand the government's involvement in our lives at the expense of small businesses, workers, families in rural America," Hinson said. [Globe Gazette, 4/30/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Claimed Biden's Address Did Not Prioritize Rural Iowans Or Targeted Infrastructure Investment According to Denison Bulletin & Review (Iowa), Biden "outlined divisions that would massively expand the government's involvement in our lives at the expense of small businesses, workers, families in rural America," Hinson said. [Denison Bulletin & Review (Iowa), 4/30/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden's Plans For Expanding Government Involvement In 2021 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, '"Ultimately, I was disappointed in the policies he laid out in his speech," Hinson said Thursday afternoon. "It would massively expand the government's involvement in our lives at the expense of small businesses and rural America."' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 5/2/21]
May 2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden's Infrastructure And Spending Proposals According to Waterloo Courier (Iowa), "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson was 'disappointed' with President Joe Biden's speech to the nation Wednesday, but nevertheless thought parts of his new spending proposals are ripe for bipartisan compromise. [...] 'Ultimately, I was disappointed in the policies he laid out in his speech,' Hinson said Thursday afternoon. 'It would massively expand the government's involvement in our lives at the expense of small businesses and rural America.'" [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 5/2/21]
May 2021: Rep. Hinson Supported Republican Infrastructure Alternative According to Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 'Hinson suggested an alternate infrastructure bill proposed by a group of 10 Senate Republicans estimated to cost $568 billion. [...] The GOP would pay for its bill through funding offsets, primarily by repurposing existing funds approved by Congress.' [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 5/2/21]
May 2021: Hinson Supported Republican $568 Billion Infrastructure Plan But Remained Open To Compromise According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "While Hinson said she would favor Republicans' $568 billion infrastructure plan, she noted she is open to a compromise. 'I'm hopeful as we continue to have these conversations that we're able to come to the middle on these packages,' she said." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 5/22/21]
May 2021: Hinson Criticized Non-Transportation Investments In Biden's Infrastructure Plan According to Telegraph Herald, 'Hinson said she was disheartened by electric vehicle infrastructure and other targets she does not think are relevant to an infrastructure package. But she said bipartisan work is being done within the chambers of Congress.' [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 5/26/21]
May 2021: Ashley Hinson Expressed Infrastructure Bill Remained Too Expensive According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "'It's good news, I guess, that they've decided to come down a little bit,' she said of the difference between Biden's $1.7 trillion package and Senate Republicans' $928 billion counteroffer released Thursday. 'But it's still too expensive in my mind, and we still haven't seen an actual bill in the House.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 5/28/21]
May 2021: Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Bill Price Tag As Too Expensive According to Waterloo Courier (Iowa), Hinson said, '"But it's still too expensive in my mind, and we still haven't seen an actual bill in the House."' [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 5/28/21]
May 2021: Hinson Expressed Hope For Infrastructure Deal By July 4 According to Waterloo Courier (Iowa), she said she was "hopeful that we'll get something done by July 4." [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 5/28/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Expressed Support For Traditional Infrastructure But Opposed Scope Of Biden's Proposal According to Muscatine Journal, "Like Ernst, 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson is on the fence when it comes to supporting an infrastructure package. The Marion Republican sees the need for improving roads, bridges and broadband, but said she can't support the level of spending President Joe Biden and House majority Democrats are proposing." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 7/22/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Predicted House Would Face Partisan Challenges On Infrastructure Similar To Senate According to Muscatine Journal, 'I think it is going to be as hard as in the Senate judging by what we've seen with the packages Democrats passed on a hyperpartisan basis just a few weeks ago,' Hinson said. Just as in the Senate, she added, the main sticking points are the definition of infrastructure and how the trillion-dollar package would be paid for. [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 7/22/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed Biden's Infrastructure Spending Level According to Daily Nonpareil, "Like Ernst, 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson is on the fence when it comes to supporting an infrastructure package. The Marion Republican sees the need for improving roads, bridges and broadband, but said she can't support the level of spending President Joe Biden and House majority Democrats are proposing." [Daily Nonpareil, 7/22/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Predicted House Would Have Difficulty Reaching Infrastructure Agreement According to Daily Nonpareil, 'Hinson isn't sure that the House won't have the same arguments senators are having as they try to find common ground. "I think it is going to be as hard as in the Senate judging by what we've seen with the packages Democrats passed on a hyperpartisan basis just a few weeks ago," Hinson said. Just as in the Senate, she added, the main sticking points are the definition of infrastructure and how the trillion-dollar package would be paid for.' [Daily Nonpareil, 7/22/21]
July 2021: Hinson Expressed Conditional Support For Infrastructure Spending Focused On Traditional Projects According to Gazette, "Like Ernst, 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson is on the fence when it comes to supporting an infrastructure package. The Marion Republican sees the need for improving roads, bridges and broadband, but said she can't support the level of spending President Joe Biden and House majority Democrats are proposing." [Gazette, 7/23/21]
July 2021: Hinson Predicted Contentious House Debate On Infrastructure Bills According to Gazette, '"I think it is going to be as hard as in the Senate judging by what we've seen with the packages Democrats passed on a hyperpartisan basis just a few weeks ago," Hinson said. Just as in the Senate, she added, the main sticking points are the definition of infrastructure and how the trillion-dollar package would be paid for.' [Gazette, 7/23/21]
2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Voiced Support For Infrastructure Focused On Roads, Bridges, And Broadband According to Sioux City Journal, "Like Ernst, 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson is on the fence when it comes to supporting an infrastructure package. The Marion Republican sees the need for improving roads, bridges and broadband, but said she can't support the level of spending President Joe Biden and House majority Democrats are proposing." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 7/24/21]
2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Cited Concerns Over Inflation And Spending Mechanisms In Infrastructure Bill According to Sioux City Journal, '"When we hear all this talk about inflation and then possibly using a reconciliation package as a vehicle to get this through, it's a major red flag" said Hinson, and for other Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 7/24/21]
2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Predicted House Would Face Same Challenges As Senate On Infrastructure Negotiations According to Sioux City Journal, 'Hinson isn't sure that the House won't have the same arguments senators are having as they try to find common ground. "I think it is going to be as hard as in the Senate judging by what we've seen with the packages Democrats passed on a hyperpartisan basis just a few weeks ago," Hinson said. Just as in the Senate, she added, the main sticking points are the definition of infrastructure and how the trillion-dollar package would be paid for.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 7/24/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed The Level Of Spending In Biden's Infrastructure Proposal According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson is on the fence when it comes to supporting an infrastructure package. The Marion Republican sees the need for improving roads, bridges and broadband, but said she can't support the level of spending President Joe Biden and House majority Democrats are proposing." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/26/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Voiced Concerns About Inflation And Reconciliation In Infrastructure Talks According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'When we hear all this talk about inflation and then possibly using a reconciliation package as a vehicle to get this through, it's a major red flag' said Hinson, and for other Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee. [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/26/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Anticipated Difficult House Deliberations On Infrastructure According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 'I think it is going to be as hard as in the Senate judging by what we've seen with the packages Democrats passed on a hyperpartisan basis just a few weeks ago,' Hinson said. Just as in the Senate, she added, the main sticking points are the definition of infrastructure and how the trillion-dollar package would be paid for. [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/26/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Expressed Conditional Support For Infrastructure Spending According to Valley News Today, "Like Ernst, 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson is on the fence when it comes to supporting an infrastructure package. The Marion Republican sees the need for improving roads, bridges and broadband, but said she can't support the level of spending President Joe Biden and House majority Democrats are proposing." [Valley News Today (Shenandoah, Iowa), 7/26/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Raised Concerns Over Inflation And Spending Methods In Infrastructure Plans According to Valley News Today, '"When we hear all this talk about inflation and then possibly using a reconciliation package as a vehicle to get this through, it's a major red flag" said Hinson, and for other Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee.' [Valley News Today (Shenandoah, Iowa), 7/26/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Predicted House Difficulties Passing Bipartisan Infrastructure Package According to Valley News Today, 'Hinson isn't sure that the House won't have the same arguments senators are having as they try to find common ground. "I think it is going to be as hard as in the Senate judging by what we've seen with the packages Democrats passed on a hyperpartisan basis just a few weeks ago," Hinson said, Just as in the Senate, she added, the main sticking points are the definition of infrastructure and how the trillion-dollar package would be paid for.' [Valley News Today (Shenandoah, Iowa), 7/26/21]
July 2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Voted Against $617 Billion Discretionary Spending Package According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "U.S. House Appropriations Committee member Rep. Ashley Hinson voted against a $617 billion discretionary spending package, saying it's time 'to turn off the spending spigot … to stop this inflation tax on our middle and working-class families.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/31/21]
July 2021: Hinson Criticized Biden Administration For Not Changing Course On Spending According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Hinson said, "It's disappointing to me to see that the administration is not only hearing from hardworking families across the country who are paying more for these everyday goods and services, but they see the numbers, they have the data, and they still refuse to reverse course on these big spending policies." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/31/21]
July 2021: Hinson Noted Recent And Proposed Major Federal Spending Totals According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Hinson stated, "Biden 'just called for $3.5 trillion more dollars in spending, when we've already spent nearly $7 trillion — money we don't have this year alone.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/31/21]
2021: Letter Writer Karen Pratte Stated Ashley Hinson Opposed and Voted Against 'Invest in America Act' Infrastructure Bill According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson has been a vocal opponent of the infrastructure bill 'Invest in America Act.' In fact, Hinson voted against the 'Invest in America Act' which recently passed the U.S. House." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/1/21]
2021: Letter Writer Karen Pratte Stated Ashley Hinson Opposed 'Invest in America Act' According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson has been a vocal opponent of the infrastructure bill 'Invest in America Act.' In fact, Hinson voted against the 'Invest in America Act' which recently passed the U.S. House." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 8/1/21]
2021: Letter Writer Karen Pratte Stated Ashley Hinson Claimed Support for Infrastructure Efforts According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson claimed she was working hard to support infrastructure. This claim would be admirable if it were true, but it is not." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 8/1/21]
2022: Hinson Voted Against Federal Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act According to Telegraph Herald, "Hinson said she voted against the bill because she wanted to see targeted investments in infrastructure and 'not taxpayer blowouts of spending.' She also highlighted her concerns about the bill being tied to the Build Back Better Act that Democrats in Congress have pushed." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 2/17/22]
March 2022: Senate Candidate Liz Mathis Criticized Ashley Hinson For Opposing Funding Bills According to The Gazette, 'While serving in Congress, she voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the American Rescue Plan Act that brought funding for flood mitigation projects similar to the one she toured today,' the Hiawatha Democrat said. 'I'm pleased the city of Cedar Rapids has earmarked American Rescue Plan dollars to ensure all residents of the city will be protected from future flooding — no thanks to Ashley Hinson.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 3/21/22]
2022: Hinson Opposed The American Rescue Plan Act And The Build Back Better Act According to Gazette, "Hinson is proposing an increase in the federal child tax credit, raising it above the level established last year in the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, which she opposed. Hinson also voted against the Build Better Back Act, which passed the House but died in the Senate, which would have extended the child tax credit through 2022." [Gazette, 9/16/22]
2022: Gazette Editorial Board Reported Ashley Hinson's Vote Against Infrastructure Bill While Taking Credit for Projects According to an editorial published in Gazette, "Hinson voted against Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which is expected to bring $5 billion in infrastructure spending to Iowa. And yet, Hinson has taken credit for some of the projects funded by the bill, arguing that she opposed the bill, which she dubbed socialism, but supports the spending." [Editorial - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/21/22]
Ashley Hinson Voted Against Federal Infrastructure Bill But Sought Funding For Projects In Her District In 2022 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson voted against the federal infrastructure bill signed into law, comparing it to socialism, while praising projects supported by its funding and writing letters requesting funding for transportation projects in the district." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/24/22]
Ashley Hinson Justified Her Opposition To The Infrastructure Bill By Linking It To Social Spending In 2022 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson has said she opposed the act because it was tied to negotiations over social spending she said would worsen inflation. But, once the spending was approved, 'I went to bat for Iowa taxpayers, and I went to bat to make sure those resources came here,' Hinson said during a KCRG-TV9 debate." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/24/22]
Ashley Hinson Opposed Federal Infrastructure Bill But Sought District Funding In 2022 According to Gazette, "Hinson voted against and compared the federal infrastructure bill signed into law to socialism, while praising projects supported by their funding and writing letters requesting funding for transportation projects in the district." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/24/22]
Ashley Hinson Explained Her Opposition To The Infrastructure Act In 2022 According to Gazette, "Hinson has said she opposed the act because it was tied to negotiations over social spending she said would worsen inflation. But, once the spending was approved, 'I went to bat for Iowa taxpayers, and I went to bat to make sure those resources came here,' Hinson said during a KCRG-TV9 debate." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/24/22]
2022: Ashley Hinson Voted Against $1.7 Trillion Federal Spending Bill Containing Her Own Requested Earmarks According to The Gazette, "Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson voted against a $1.7 trillion spending package that includes nearly $28 million in earmarked funding Hinson requested for projects in her district." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 12/23/22]
Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Bill But Supported District Projects According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects throughout the district." [Globe Gazette, 10/18/23]
2023: Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Bill Citing Cost, Supported District Projects According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects throughout the district." [Daily Nonpareil, 10/18/23]
2021: Hinson Opposed The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects throughout the district." [Globe Gazette, 10/21/23]
March 2024: Ashley Hinson Criticized President Biden's Budget And Spending Policies According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "'President Biden is addicted to taxing and spending,' Hinson said in a statement. 'He truly thinks taxpayer dollars are monopoly money and that there is a money tree in the basement of the White House he can pull from to fund his out-of-touch, liberal agenda that Iowans don't want. I will always work to protect key programs that Iowans rely on, but I will reject Biden's wasteful spending habits that have caused inflation, driven up our deficit and ruined our economy.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 3/22/24]
March 2024: Hinson Criticized President Biden's Budget According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), "'President Biden is addicted to taxing and spending,' Hinson said in a statement. 'He truly thinks taxpayer dollars are monopoly money and that there is a money tree in the basement of the White House he can pull from to fund his out-of-touch, liberal agenda that Iowans don't want. I will always work to protect key programs that Iowans rely on, but I will reject Biden's wasteful spending habits that have caused inflation, driven up our deficit and ruined our economy.'" [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 3/22/24]
2024: Ashley Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Law But Lobbied For Flood Mitigation According to Gazette, "Ernst and Hinson voted against the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that funds efforts such as the Bridge Investment Program but have lobbied to secure flood mitigation dollars at the federal level." [Gazette, 3/28/24]
2021: Hinson Voted Against The American Rescue Plan Act According to Wikipedia, "Hinson, along with all other Senate and House Republicans, voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021." [Wikipedia, 6/11/24]
March 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Unrelated Spending In COVID Relief Bill According to Des Moines Register, "Hinson said she 'wanted to get to a ‘yes’ on this legislation' but said there was no outreach from Biden or Democrats. She criticized much of the spending in the bill. 'The legislation still prioritizes spending on policies that are completely unrelated to COVID-19 over the targeted relief and the public health measures that would stop the spread of the pandemic, which is what we need to be focused on right now,' she said." [Des Moines Register, 3/10/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed The American Rescue Plan According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "'Rep. Hinson had a historic opportunity to deliver for the people of Iowa back in March by voting in favor of the American Rescue Plan, but she instead wholeheartedly opposed this landmark piece of legislation,' said Stacey Walker, a Linn County supervisor." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 8/28/21]
August 2021: Hinson Opposed The American Rescue Plan According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), '“Rep. Hinson had a historic opportunity to deliver for the people of Iowa back in March by voting in favor of the American Rescue Plan, but she instead wholeheartedly opposed this landmark piece of legislation,” said Stacey Walker, a Linn County supervisor.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/28/21]
August 2024: Hinson Attributed Inflation To Democratic Spending Policies. According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson blamed trillions in 'wasteful spending' approved by Democrats in pandemic stimulus money, clean energy and climate mitigation investment programs for worsening inflation creating a surge of consumer spending that collided with chronic supply problems to boost prices." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/21/24]
December 2020: Ashley Hinson Criticized Delay In Congressional Stimulus Negotiations According to Gazette, "'This process took six months for them to come to the table and get this done, which is unacceptable,' she said. 'People's livelihoods are on the line,' she said. 'So we need to be at least having those conversations about getting those dollars to people who need them.'" [Gazette, 12/30/20]
December 2020: Ashley Hinson Called $600 Stimulus Checks 'A Good Start' But Stated More Help May Be Needed According to Mitchell County Press-News, 'Ashley Hinson, who will be sworn in as Iowa's 1st District congresswoman Sunday, is calling $600 stimulus checks "a good start" but expects many Americans will need more help. "For some families, that is not enough right now," Hinson, a Marion Republican elected in November, said Wednesday about the payments included in the $908 billion stimulus package.' [Mitchell County Press-News, 12/30/20]
December 2020: Ashley Hinson Supported Targeted Direct Payments For Those Most In Need According to Mitchell County Press-News, 'Need is the operative word for Hinson, who has heard from some northeast Iowans who don't need the stimulus checks and want to send the money back. She hasn't made up her mind about calls by President Donald Trump, congressional Democrats and some Republicans to increase the stimulus to $2,000. She would prefer "a way that we could better target some of that."' [Mitchell County Press-News, 12/30/20]
December 2020: Ashley Hinson Criticized Delay In Stimulus Negotiations According to Mitchell County Press-News, '"This process took six months for them to come to the table and get this done, which is unacceptable," she said.' [Mitchell County Press-News, 12/30/20]
February 2021: Ashley Hinson Condemned COVID Relief Funding For State Governments In Democrats' Bill According to Gazette, "Over on the even more conservative Newsmax network, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson showed up to condemn funding in the Democrats' COVID relief bill for state governments. Some of it would go to 'bailouts for blue states,' Hinson explained." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 2/11/21]
2021: Todd Dorman Reported Ashley Hinson Opposed 'Blue State Bailouts' in COVID-19 Relief According to an opinion piece by Todd Dorman in Gazette, "Now, Hinson is telling anyone who will listen that the next COVID-19 relief package should not include what she and other Republicans call a 'blue state bailout.' Aid to state and local governments, they contend, should not go to states and cities 'mismanaged' by Democrats." [Todd Dorman - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 2/18/21]
February 2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed COVID-19 Relief Bill If It Included Minimum Wage Hike Or State Bailouts According to Gazette, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said Friday she will vote against the COVID-19 relief bill making its way through Congress if it includes a hike in the federal minimum wage to $15. [...] 'If (the bill) includes a $15 minimum wage and bailouts for states that can't manage their budgets, I will vote no on the package,' Hinson said. 'We need to start respecting taxpayers.'" [Gazette, 2/19/21]
February 2021: Ashley Hinson Supported Direct COVID-19 Relief Payments But Not State Government Aid According to Gazette, "Hinson said she supports the bill's direct payments to those out of work and to businesses and K-12 schools dealing with the pandemic, but she said she doesn't support sending additional money to state governments." [Gazette, 2/19/21]
February 2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed COVID Relief Bill If Minimum Wage Hike Was Included According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson plans to vote against a COVID relief bill making its way through Congress if it includes a provision to raise the federal minimum wage to $15, saying it would 'hurt Iowa businesses and cost Iowa jobs.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/19/21]
February 2021: Ashley Hinson Planned To Vote No On COVID Relief Package If It Included State Government Funding According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "If (the bill) includes a $15 minimum wage and bailouts for states that can't manage their budgets, I will vote no on the package," Hinson said. [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/19/21]
February 2021: Ashley Hinson Promised To Be Vocal About Opposition To Minimum Wage Hike And State Bailouts According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "She said constituents could 'count on me to be vocal' about her opposition. 'I can't support that in conjunction with these measures. We need to start respecting taxpayers.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/19/21]
2021: Letter Writer Lon Kammeyer Urged Ashley Hinson To Support Biden's COVID Relief Package According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson can prove that she is bipartisan by reaching across the aisle and supporting President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief package. The much-needed aide will help so many people in Iowa's 1st Congressional District that need to have an ally working for them in D.C., not just another GOP obstructionist." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/23/21]
February 2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Announced Opposition To COVID Relief Bill According to Globe Gazette, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson still plans to vote no on the bill she says is more than 90% 'Washington pork spending.' Hinson, the Republican serving Iowa's First District, told reporters on a call Friday that the bill [...] would still get a no from her." [Globe Gazette, 2/26/21]
February 2021: Hinson Criticized Focus Of COVID Relief Bill According to Globe Gazette, "Iowa's families, businesses and communities are still struggling after nearly a year; I know they need help," Hinson said. "But this bill did not focus on COVID-19 relief, stopping the virus or getting students back in class." [Globe Gazette, 2/26/21]
February 2021: Hinson Argued Less Than 9% Of Relief Bill Addressed Direct Virus Measures According to Globe Gazette, "She added she believed 'less than 9% of the bill' focused on direct virus measures like COVID-19 vaccine distribution, contact tracing and testing for coronavirus." [Globe Gazette, 2/26/21]
February 2021: Ashley Hinson Planned To Vote Against COVID Relief Bill According to The Gazette, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, still plans to vote 'no' on the bill, which she says is more than 90 percent 'Washington pork spending.'" [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 2/26/21]
February 2021: Hinson Criticized The COVID Bill For Not Focusing On Relief Efforts According to The Gazette, "But this bill did not focus on COVID-19 relief, stopping the virus or getting students back in class." [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 2/26/21]
February 2021: Hinson Asserted Less Than 9 Percent of COVID Bill Targeted Direct Virus Measures According to The Gazette, "But she believed 'less than 9 percent of the bill' focused on direct virus measures, such as COVID-19 vaccine distribution, contact tracing and testing for coronavirus." [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 2/26/21]
February 2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Announced Opposition To $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill According to Waterloo Courier, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson still plans to vote no on the bill she says is more than 90% 'Washington pork spending.'" [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 2/26/21]
2021: Hinson Claimed Less Than 9% Of COVID Relief Bill Targeted Direct Virus Measures According to Waterloo Courier, "she believed 'less than 9% of the bill' focused on direct virus measures like COVID-19 vaccine distribution, contact tracing and testing for coronavirus." [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 2/26/21]
Ashley Hinson Announced Opposition To 2021 COVID Relief Bill According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson still plans to vote no on the bill she says is more than 90% 'Washington pork spending.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/26/21]
Ashley Hinson Cited COVID Relief Bill Did Not Focus On Virus Or Schools In 2021 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson said. 'But this bill did not focus on COVID-19 relief, stopping the virus or getting students back in class.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/26/21]
Ashley Hinson Estimated Less Than 9 Percent Of COVID Bill Addressed Direct Virus Measures In 2021 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "she added she believed 'less than 9% of the bill' focused on direct virus measures like COVID-19 vaccine distribution, contact tracing and testing for coronavirus." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/26/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized 2021 Relief Bill's Funding For Schools Without In-Person Requirement According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson also took issue with money for schools she says doesn't guarantee they'll reopen for in-person learning, an issue she's been particularly adamant about in Congress." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/26/21]
Ashley Hinson Reiterated 2021 Relief Bill Did Not Do Enough For Suffering Families According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Ultimately, as it's written, this legislation doesn't do enough for families that are suffering,' Hinson said. 'It's full of Washington pork spending ... I do plan to vote no.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/26/21]
February 2021: Hinson Announced Opposition To COVID Relief Bill According to Waterloo Courier, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson still plans to vote no on the bill she says is more than 90% 'Washington pork spending.'" [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 2/26/21]
February 2021: Hinson Criticized COVID Relief Bill's Focus And Content According to Waterloo Courier, "Hinson said. 'But this bill did not focus on COVID-19 relief, stopping the virus or getting students back in class.'" [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 2/26/21]
February 2021: Hinson Questioned Proportion Of Direct Virus Measures In COVID Bill According to Waterloo Courier, "she added she believed 'less than 9% of the bill' focused on direct virus measures like COVID-19 vaccine distribution, contact tracing and testing for coronavirus." [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 2/26/21]
February 2021: Hinson Stated Relief Bill Did Not Suffice For Suffering Families According to Waterloo Courier, 'Ultimately, as it's written, this legislation doesn't do enough for families that are suffering,' Hinson said. 'It's full of Washington pork spending ... I do plan to vote no.' [Waterloo Courier (Iowa), 2/26/21]
February 2021: Rep. Ashley Hinson Voted Against $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-1st District, voted against a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill championed by President Joe Biden. The bill passed the House on Saturday on on a near party-line 219-212 vote. Hinson had told reporters on a call Friday that she would vote no on the bill." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/27/21]
February 2021: Hinson Criticized Limited COVID-19 Focus In Relief Bill According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "'Iowa's families, businesses and communities are still struggling after nearly a year; I know they need help,' Hinson said. 'But this bill did not focus on COVID-19 relief, stopping the virus or getting students back in class.' [...] She added she believed 'less than 9% of the bill' focused on direct virus concerns like COVID-19 vaccine distribution, contact tracing and testing." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/27/21]
2021: Letter Writer Christopher Schwartz Stated Ashley Hinson Opposed American Rescue Plan According to a letter to the editor published in Des Moines Register, "She says she opposed the bill because there is too much pork. While that is a nice buzz word, what exactly is that pork? Is it assistance to families? Is it help for small businesses? Is it help for local governments on the frontline?" [Letter to the Editor - Des Moines Register, 3/8/21]
March 2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Bill According to Gazette, "Like her Republican counterparts, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson didn't vote for the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill that was signed into law Thursday, but she said Friday she likes parts of it." [Gazette, 3/12/21]
March 2021: Ashley Hinson Voted Against The COVID-19 Relief Bill Twice According to Gazette, "But Hinson voted no twice on the bill, once when it first came before the U.S. House and again when it returned after being modified by the Senate." [Gazette, 3/12/21]
March 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized School Spending In COVID-19 Relief Bill According to Gazette, "She continued to hammer school spending in particular, which she unsuccessfully tried to tie to in-person classes. 'I wanted to see some lanes on that,' Hinson said." [Gazette, 3/12/21]
March 2021: Hinson Voted Against $1.9 Trillion COVID Stimulus Bill According to Globe Gazette, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson didn't vote for the $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus bill that was signed into law Thursday, but said there are parts of it she liked." [Globe Gazette, 3/12/21]
March 2021: Hinson Supported Certain Provisions In COVID Stimulus Bill According to Globe Gazette, "She said she also appreciated the $300-per-week increase in unemployment payments and other direct cash infusions to individuals and businesses that continue to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic and its economic effects. 'Those are areas I would have supported if it would have truly been a targeted bill,' Hinson said." [Globe Gazette, 3/12/21]
March 2021: Ashley Hinson Voted Against $1.9 Trillion COVID Stimulus Bill According to Mitchell County Press-News, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson didn't vote for the $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus bill that was signed into law Thursday [...] Hinson voted no twice on the American Rescue Plan, once when it first came before the House of Representatives and again when it returned after being modified by the Senate." [Mitchell County Press-News, 3/12/21]
March 2021: Hinson Expressed Support For Targeted COVID Relief Measures According to Mitchell County Press-News, "'The public health measure part – that's absolutely what we need right now,' the First District representative said on her weekly call with reporters Friday. She said she also appreciated the $300-per-week increase in unemployment payments and other direct cash infusions to individuals and businesses that continue to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic and its economic effects. 'Those are areas I would have supported if it would have truly been a targeted bill,' Hinson said." [Mitchell County Press-News, 3/12/21]
April 2021: Hinson Criticized Biden's Speech For Advocating Increased Government Spending According to Daily Nonpareil, "1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson said Thursday, the day after Biden's address to the nation [...] she heard 'a speech that was clearly about the heavy hand of government, more government. It was really about spending trillions of taxpayer dollars we don't have to fund policies that Iowans don't want.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 4/29/21]
April 2021: Hinson Criticized Biden's COVID-19 Relief And Infrastructure Bills For Spending Priorities According to Daily Nonpareil, Hinson said, "When you have more money going to subsidies for electric vehicles than you do actual physical infrastructure, your marketing plan is really messed up." [Daily Nonpareil, 4/29/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Opposed Democratic Spending Bills In Congress According to Valley News Today, '"I came to D.C. to be a taxpayer advocate. I am against wasteful spending and believe we need to cut excessive spending," Iowa 1st District Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson said. Since taking office in January, she voted against Democratic spending bills that she said "blatantly disrespected taxpayers."' [Valley News Today, 6/8/21]
January 2021: Hinson Took Office And Opposed Democratic Spending Bills According to Daily Nonpareil, "Since taking office in January, she voted against Democratic spending bills that she said 'blatantly disrespected taxpayers.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden Administration’s Continued Spending in 2021 According to Daily Nonpareil, "It's disappointing to me to see that the administration is not only hearing from hardworking families across the country who are paying more for these everyday goods and services, but they see the numbers, they have the data, and they still refuse to reverse course on these big spending policies," Hinson said. Instead, Biden 'just called for $3.5 trillion more dollars in spending, when we've already spent nearly $7 trillion — money we don't have this year alone.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 7/30/21]
Ashley Hinson Argued Pandemic-Related Federal Spending Was Not Intended To Be Permanent According to Daily Nonpareil, "Although some of federal spending is related to efforts to help Americans through the coronavirus pandemic, it was never meant to be permanent, Hinson said." [Daily Nonpareil, 7/30/21]
July 2021: Hinson Emphasized That Pandemic-Related Spending Was Intended To Be Temporary According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Although some of federal spending is related to efforts to help Americans through the coronavirus pandemic, it was never meant to be permanent, Hinson said." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/31/21]
2021: Sue Dinsdale and Matt Sinovic Asserted Ashley Hinson Opposed Build Back Better Act According to an opinion piece by Sue Dinsdale and Matt Sinovic in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Just last year, Rep. Hinson voted against President Biden's Build Back Better Act, which economists said would have reduced families' costs and lowered inflation." [Sue Dinsdale and Matt Sinovic - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 4/15/22]
2021: Sue Dinsdale and Matt Sinovic Stated Ashley Hinson Opposed American Rescue Plan According to an opinion piece by Sue Dinsdale and Matt Sinovic in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "She also voted against the American Rescue Plan, which invested billions of dollars in middle-class families and helped save us from economic recession." [Sue Dinsdale and Matt Sinovic - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 4/15/22]
August 2022: Hinson Stated PPP And Student Loan Forgiveness Had Different Purposes According to Globe Gazette, "The PPP program, with its flaws, was intended to help keep people employed during a national crisis — a completely different intent behind the program and behind what that forgiveness was designed to do," Hinson said Friday during her weekly conference call with Iowa reporters. [Globe Gazette, 8/27/22]
August 2022: Hinson Compared Congressional Approval For PPP To Biden's Executive Action On Student Loans According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson contends unlike President Joe Biden's executive action forgiving student loan debt, PPP was approved by Congress as a temporary, bipartisan program." [Globe Gazette, 8/27/22]
August 2022: Hinson Differentiated PPP Forgiveness And Student Loans On Terms And Intent According to Globe Gazette, "PPP loans were conceived as forgivable from the outset, conditioned on keeping workers on the payroll at [a] time of national crisis. Federal student loans were offered on very different terms with the intention they be repaid, she said." [Globe Gazette, 8/27/22]
August 2022: Hinson Asserted PPP And Student Loan Programs Had Different Intentions According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "The PPP program, with its flaws, was intended to help keep people employed during a national crisis – a completely different intent behind the program and behind what that forgiveness was designed to do," Hinson said Friday during her weekly conference call with Iowa reporters. [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/27/22]
August 2022: Hinson Said PPP Was Bipartisan Congressional Program And Student Loan Forgiveness Was Executive Action According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson contends unlike President Joe Biden's executive action forgiving student loan debt, PPP was approved by Congress as a temporary, bipartisan program." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/27/22]
August 2022: Hinson Emphasized PPP Loans Were Conceived As Forgivable, Unlike Federal Student Loans According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "PPP loans were conceived as forgivable from the outset, conditioned on keeping workers on the payroll at time of national crisis. Federal student loans were offered on very different terms with the intention they be repaid, she said." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/27/22]
Hinson Opposed American Rescue Plan And Build Back Better In 2022 According to Globe Gazette, "Incumbent Republican Reps. Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted against the Inflation Reduction Act. They have also emphasized their opposition to Democrat-backed spending programs like the American Rescue Plan and the Build Back Better Program." [Globe Gazette, 10/28/22]
2022: Mathis Accused Hinson Of Praising Programs She Voted Against According to Globe Gazette, "Her opponent, Democrat Liz Mathis, says the Republican has praised the benefits of projects funded through the American Rescue Plan despite voting against it. She pointed to a $38 million grant program to improve clean water infrastructure in Iowa that Hinson praised in a tweet." [Globe Gazette, 10/28/22]
2021: Ashley Hinson Characterized Congressional Democrats’ Budget Proposal As ‘Socialism’ According to Iowa Starting Line, "During an Iowa Press appearance, Hinson called the proposed budget 'the biggest dive towards socialism.'" [Iowa Starting Line, 9/27/21]
2021: Letter Writer Amy Adams Claimed Ashley Hinson Opposed Build Back Better Plan Tax Increases According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette, "Hinson's failure to grasp what working families are up against is evident in her stance against the Build Back Better plan that would raise taxes on those making over $400,000 a year. Most in the 1st District wouldn't see a tax increase. Hinson calls the investment in lower and middle earners out of control spending. Yet, $2.1 trillion of the plan could be paid for by taxing the wealthiest Americans." [Letter to the Editor - Gazette, 9/27/21]
January 2022: Hinson Identified Inflation, Supply Chain Issues, And Border Concerns As Pressures On Iowans According to Daily Nonpareil, 'Inflation is at a 40-year high, and American businesses and consumers face supply issues, Hinson said. There is a workforce crisis, a border crisis and America's standing the world is under attack.' [Daily Nonpareil, 1/20/22]
2024: Tim Wagner Reported Ashley Hinson Criticized 'Bidenomics' at Town Hall According to an opinion piece by Tim Wagner in Gazette, "Hinson spent the first 15 minutes decrying 'Bidenomics' and 'Bidinflation,' echoing GOP rhetoric. She also bemoaned Washington's division while claiming a commitment to finding common ground on voter concerns." [Tim Wagner - Gazette, 7/9/24]
August 2024: Ashley Hinson Blamed Pandemic And Clean Energy Spending For Inflation According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson blamed trillions in 'wasteful spending' approved by Democrats in pandemic stimulus money, clean energy and climate mitigation investment programs for worsening inflation creating a surge of consumer spending that collided with chronic supply problems to boost prices." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/24]
August 2024: Hinson Blamed Democratic Spending For Inflation According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson blamed trillions in 'wasteful spending' approved by Democrats in pandemic stimulus money, clean energy and climate mitigation investment programs for worsening inflation creating a surge of consumer spending that collided with chronic supply problems to boost prices." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/22/24]
2024: Hinson Criticized Inflation Reduction Act For Spending And Tax Increases According to Globe Gazette, 'I've stood up against an administration that I think has a incessant desire to spend money and eventually raise taxes in the (Inflation Reduction Act). … So I will continue to be an advocate for Iowa taxpayers, an advocate for rural America and an advocate for safety and security in our communities.' [Globe Gazette, 10/21/24]
2024: Hinson Criticized Federal Spending In Inflation Reduction Act According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, '...I've stood up against an administration that I think has a incessant desire to spend money and eventually raise taxes in the (Inflation Reduction Act). … So I will continue to be an advocate for Iowa taxpayers, an advocate for rural America and an advocate for safety and security in our communities.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa), 10/21/24]
November 2024: Hinson Prioritized Reducing Government Spending And Reforming Energy Policy As Inflation Solutions According to Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles, "Hinson said working to reduce government spending and reform energy policy would be her first priorities in tackling the impacts of inflation, if reelected." [Telegraph Herald: Web Edition Articles (Dubuque, Iowa), 11/2/24]
2024: Hinson Criticized Biden's Administration Over Taxpayer Issues According to Des Moines Register, 'I think that the Biden administration has put Americans last the last four years by being disrespectful to taxpayers,' Hinson told the Des Moines Register. 'I do think it's going to take us some time to really undo a lot of the damage that was done by this last administration.' [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 12/4/24]
2021: Ashley Hinson Raised Concern Over Inflation And Expanded Spending Through Reconciliation According to Muscatine Journal, 'When we hear all this talk about inflation and then possibly using a reconciliation package as a vehicle to get this through, it's a major red flag' said Hinson, and for other Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee. [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 7/22/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Raised Concerns About Inflation and Budget Reconciliation According to Daily Nonpareil, '"When we hear all this talk about inflation and then possibly using a reconciliation package as a vehicle to get this through, it's a major red flag" said Hinson, and for other Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee.' [Daily Nonpareil, 7/22/21]
July 2021: Hinson Raised Concerns About Inflation And Reconciliation Process For Infrastructure According to Gazette, '"When we hear all this talk about inflation and then possibly using a reconciliation package as a vehicle to get this through, it's a major red flag" said Hinson, and for other Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee.' [Gazette, 7/23/21]
Ashley Hinson Agreed With Jerome Powell’s Warning on Persistent Inflation in 2021 According to Daily Nonpareil, "She believes Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is correct in his warning that inflation 'could turn out to be higher and more persistent than we expect.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 7/30/21]
July 2021: Hinson Referenced Powell's Warning About Potential Persistent Inflation According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Hinson said she believes Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is correct in his warning that inflation 'could turn out to be higher and more persistent than we expect.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/31/21]
February 2022: Hinson Blamed Democrats' Spending Policies For Rising Inflation According to Telegraph Herald, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, blamed Democrats' policies for soaring inflation rates during a town hall Wednesday morning in Dubuque. 'Everyday life is less affordable [...] under the administration's big spending policies,' she told a crowd of about 40 people." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 2/17/22]
2022: Hinson Cited Record 7.5% Inflation Increase In January According to Telegraph Herald, "Hinson pointed to a recent federal Department of Labor report that inflation had risen 7.5% in January compared to a year earlier, the highest year-over-year increase in about 40 years." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 2/17/22]
2022: Hinson Tied Price Increases To Biden Administration And Congressional Democrats According to Telegraph Herald, "She tied rising prices to spending policies pushed by President Joe Biden and by congressional Democrats, who control the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate." [Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA), 2/17/22]
August 2022: Hinson Voted Against The Inflation Reduction Act According to Gazette, "Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, who Mathis is running against, voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, arguing it represents more federal government taxing and spending and will not constrain inflation." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 8/18/22]
August 2022: Hinson Claimed The Act Would Not Constrain Inflation According to Gazette, "Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson ... argued it represents more federal government taxing and spending and will not constrain inflation. The legislation, they argue, does not directly address some of the main drivers of surging prices, from gas and groceries to rents and prepared meals." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 8/18/22]
August 2022: Hinson’s Campaign Criticized Mathis Over Inflation Reduction Act Support According to Gazette, "'Iowans are getting crushed by Democrat-caused inflation, but Liz Mathis is ignoring their pain by supporting more inflationary spending and tax hikes on working families so wealthy people can get discounted electric vehicles,' Hinson campaign manager Sophie Crowell said in a statement. 'Ashley will continue to be a strong check on the Biden-Pelosi spending agenda that Liz Mathis will rubber-stamp.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 8/18/22]
August 2022: Hinson Opposed The Inflation Reduction Act According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Republicans, including U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, who Mathis is challenging for the position, voted against the Inflation Reduction Act, arguing it represents more federal government taxing and spending and will not constrain inflation." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/20/22]
August 2022: Hinson Campaign Criticized Inflation Reduction Act As Inflationary According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "'Iowans are getting crushed by Democrat-caused inflation, but Liz Mathis is ignoring their pain by supporting more inflationary spending and tax hikes on working families so wealthy people can get discounted electric vehicles,' Hinson campaign manager Sophie Crowell said in a statement. 'Ashley will continue to be a strong check on the Biden-Pelosi spending agenda that Liz Mathis will rubber-stamp.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/20/22]
Ashley Hinson Voted Against Federal Infrastructure Law And Inflation Reduction Act According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Mathis criticized Hinson for voting against the federal infrastructure law and Democrats' climate, health care and tax bill, the Inflation Reduction Act." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 8/21/22]
2022: Hinson Opposed The Inflation Reduction Act According to Gazette, "The Democratic congressional candidates also criticized the House GOP incumbents for voting against the Inflation Reduction Act." [Gazette, 9/4/22]
Hinson Called The Inflation Reduction Act More Federal Taxing And Spending According to Gazette, "Republicans, including Hinson and Miller-Meeks, have argued the legislation represents more federal government taxing and spending and said it will not constrain inflation." [Gazette, 9/4/22]
2022: Hinson Criticized Democratic Spending As Cause Of Inflation According to Des Moines Register, "Hinson said Democratic spending has driven inflation higher. 'We have seen since they took control, record-high inflation - the bacon, the bread and the groceries, baby formula, if you can even find it - everything costs more,' Hinson told the crowd at the BBQ Bash." [Des Moines Register, 9/7/22]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Inflation And Called For Republican Control In 2022 According to Des Moines Register, "As inflation bears down on Iowans, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden are making matters worse with new tax hikes, more inflationary spending and sidelining domestic energy sources. [...] The first step to bringing costs down is to fire Nancy Pelosi as speaker so that Republicans can advance solutions to fix our supply chain, bring people back into the workforce in critical industries like child care, and restore American energy independence to lower the cost of gas." [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 10/7/22]
2022: Hinson Opposed American Rescue Plan And Inflation Reduction Act According to Gazette, "Hinson said the price tag of the American Rescue Plan was far too high [...] She has also has railed against the social spending and deficit reduction package known as the Inflation Reduction Act, which is paid for with new taxes on large companies and stepped-up IRS enforcement on wealthy individuals and entities." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/9/22]
October 2022: Hinson Attributed Inflation To Government Spending And Biden's Policies According to Gazette, 'The first step is to stop the spending spigot in Washington, D.C.,' Hinson said. 'Under (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, we've seen trillions of dollars spent that we don't have. My opponent will rubber-stamp that. My first vote will be for new leadership in Washington, D.C., that will respect taxpayers. We also need to target those resources to rural America for manufacturing.' [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/12/22]
2022: Hinson Criticized Biden Administration And Democratic Spending For Rising Inflation According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson suggesting government spending and President Joe Biden's policies have blown up the cost of energy and other goods. "The first step is to stop the spending spigot in Washington, D.C.," Hinson said. "Under (House Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, we've seen trillions of dollars spent that we don't have. My opponent will rubber-stamp that."' [Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 10/12/22]
Hinson Voted Against Inflation Reduction Act In 2022 According to Globe Gazette, "Incumbent Republican Reps. Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted against the Inflation Reduction Act. They have also emphasized their opposition to Democrat-backed spending programs like the American Rescue Plan and the Build Back Better Program." [Globe Gazette, 10/28/22]
August 2023: Hinson Attributed Inflation And Higher Energy Prices To Democratically-Passed Spending Bills According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson blamed spending bills passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Joe Biden for driving inflation and higher energy prices." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Criticized Spending Bills Under Biden For Inflation According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "Hinson blamed spending bills passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Joe Biden for driving inflation and higher energy prices." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Criticized Democratic Federal Spending For Inflation According to Sioux City Journal, "Hinson blamed spending bills passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Joe Biden for driving inflation and higher energy prices." [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Criticized Biden And Democrats For Rising Inflation And Energy Prices According to Globe Gazette, 'Hinson blamed spending bills passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Joe Biden for driving inflation and higher energy prices.' [Globe Gazette, 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Blamed Biden And Democrats For Inflation And Higher Energy Prices According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson blamed spending bills passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Joe Biden for driving inflation and higher energy prices." [Daily Nonpareil, 8/24/23]
2024: Hinson Objected To Funding For More IRS Agents In The Inflation Reduction Act According to Gazette, "While everybody should pay the taxes they owe, Hinson said she didn't want an 'army of IRS agents ... going after hardworking Americans.'" [Gazette, 1/4/24]
2024: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden's Budget and Spending Policies According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "'President Biden is addicted to taxing and spending,' Hinson said in a statement. 'He truly thinks taxpayer dollars are monopoly money and that there is a money tree in the basement of the White House he can pull from to fund his out-of-touch, liberal agenda that Iowans don't want. I will always work to protect key programs that Iowans rely on, but I will reject Biden's wasteful spending habits that have caused inflation, driven up our deficit and ruined our economy.'" [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 3/22/24]
March 2024: Ashley Hinson Criticized President Biden's Spending According to Muscatine Journal, 'President Biden is addicted to taxing and spending', Hinson said in a statement. 'He truly thinks taxpayer dollars are monopoly money and that there is a money tree in the basement of the White House he can pull from to fund his out-of-touch, liberal agenda that Iowans don't want. I will always work to protect key programs that Iowans rely on, but I will reject Biden's wasteful spending habits that have caused inflation, driven up our deficit and ruined our economy.' [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 3/22/24]
March 2024: Ashley Hinson Criticized President Biden's Budget And Spending Policies According to Globe Gazette, "'President Biden is addicted to taxing and spending,' Hinson said in a statement. 'He truly thinks taxpayer dollars are monopoly money and that there is a money tree in the basement of the White House he can pull from to fund his out-of-touch, liberal agenda that Iowans don't want. I will always work to protect key programs that Iowans rely on, but I will reject Biden's wasteful spending habits that have caused inflation, driven up our deficit and ruined our economy.'" [Globe Gazette, 3/22/24]
2024: Hinson Criticized President Biden's Budget And Spending Policies According to Daily Nonpareil, 'President Biden is addicted to taxing and spending,' Hinson said in a statement. 'He truly thinks taxpayer dollars are monopoly money and that there is a money tree in the basement of the White House he can pull from to fund his out-of-touch, liberal agenda that Iowans don't want. I will always work to protect key programs that Iowans rely on, but I will reject Biden's wasteful spending habits that have caused inflation, driven up our deficit and ruined our economy.' [Daily Nonpareil, 3/24/24]
March 2024: Hinson Criticized Biden's Budget For Spending And Tax Policies According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "'President Biden is addicted to taxing and spending,' Hinson said in a statement. 'He truly thinks taxpayer dollars are monopoly money and that there is a money tree in the basement of the White House he can pull from to fund his out-of-touch, liberal agenda that Iowans don't want. I will always work to protect key programs that Iowans rely on, but I will reject Biden's wasteful spending habits that have caused inflation, driven up our deficit and ruined our economy.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 3/24/24]
March 2024: Hinson Criticized President Biden's Budget And Fiscal Policy According to Globe Gazette, "'President Biden is addicted to taxing and spending,' Hinson said in a statement. 'He truly thinks taxpayer dollars are monopoly money and that there is a money tree in the basement of the White House he can pull from to fund his out-of-touch, liberal agenda that Iowans don't want. I will always work to protect key programs that Iowans rely on, but I will reject Biden's wasteful spending habits that have caused inflation, driven up our deficit and ruined our economy.'" [Globe Gazette, 3/25/24]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden's Economic Proposals As Excessive Government Spending According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "Instead, she said she heard 'a speech that was clearly about the heavy hand of government, more government. It was really about spending trillions of taxpayer dollars we don't have to fund policies that Iowans don't want.'" [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 4/29/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Expressed Concern Over Biden's Infrastructure Priorities According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), "Rather than lay out a plan to rein in 'wasteful' spending, to secure U.S. borders and prioritize the needs of rural Iowans through targeted infrastructure investment, Biden 'outlined divisions that would massively expand the government's involvement in our lives at the expense of small businesses, workers, families in rural America,' Hinson said." [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 4/29/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Federal Funding Allocations in Infrastructure and COVID-19 Bills According to Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 'When you have more money going to subsidies for electric vehicles than you do actual physical infrastructure, your marketing plan is really messed up,' Hinson said. [Muscatine Journal (Iowa), 4/29/21]
April 2021: Hinson Criticized Biden's 100-Day Speech For Promoting Government Expansion And Excessive Spending According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "I went to the speech with open mind," 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson said Thursday, the day after Biden's address to the nation. Instead, she said she heard "a speech that was clearly about the heavy hand of government, more government. It was really about spending trillions of taxpayer dollars we don't have to fund policies that Iowans don't want." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 4/29/21]
April 2021: Hinson Asserted Biden's Proposals Would Expand Government At The Expense Of Rural America According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Rather than lay out a plan to rein in "wasteful" spending, to secure U.S. borders and prioritize the needs of rural Iowans through targeted infrastructure investment, Biden "outlined divisions that would massively expand the government's involvement in our lives at the expense of small businesses, workers, families in rural America," Hinson said. [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 4/29/21]
April 2021: Hinson Stated That Only A Small Portion Of Biden's COVID Relief And Infrastructure Bills Supported Physical Infrastructure According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "When you have more money going to subsidies for electric vehicles than you do actual physical infrastructure, your marketing plan is really messed up," Hinson said. [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 4/29/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden's Speech For Emphasizing Government Expansion And Spending According to Gazette, "I went to the speech with open mind," 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson said Thursday, the day after Biden's address to the nation. Instead, she said she heard "a speech that was clearly about the heavy hand of government, more government. It was really about spending trillions of taxpayer dollars we don't have to fund policies that Iowans don't want." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 4/29/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Said Biden's Policies Would Expand Government At Expense Of Rural America According to Gazette, Rather than lay out a plan to rein in "wasteful" spending, to secure U.S. borders and prioritize the needs of rural Iowans through targeted infrastructure investment, Biden "outlined divisions that would massively expand the government's involvement in our lives at the expense of small businesses, workers, families in rural America," Hinson said. [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 4/29/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized COVID-19 Relief Bill And Infrastructure Proposals For Spending Priorities According to Gazette, "When you have more money going to subsidies for electric vehicles than you do actual physical infrastructure, your marketing plan is really messed up," Hinson said. [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 4/29/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Criticized Biden's 100-Day Speech For Promoting Increased Government Spending According to Valley News Today, "I went to the speech with open mind," 1st District Rep. Ashley Hinson said Thursday, the day after Biden's address to the nation. Instead, she said she heard "a speech that was clearly about the heavy hand of government, more government. It was really about spending trillions of taxpayer dollars we don't have to fund policies that Iowans don't want." [Valley News Today, 4/30/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Asserted Biden's Proposals Would Expand Government At Rural America's Expense According to Valley News Today, "Rather than lay out a plan to rein in 'wasteful' spending, to secure U.S. borders and prioritize the needs of rural Iowans through targeted infrastructure investment, Biden 'outlined divisions that would massively expand the government's involvement in our lives at the expense of small businesses, workers, families in rural America,' Hinson said." [Valley News Today, 4/30/21]
2022: Letter Writer Thanked Ashley Hinson for Voting Against Biden's Spending Bill According to a letter to the editor published in Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Thank you, Ashely, for voting against President Biden's trillion dollar spending bill which led to inflation and increased family poverty." [Letter to the Editor - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 6/7/22]
2022: Letter Writer Carmen Hernandez Reported Ashley Hinson Voted Against Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill According to a letter to the editor published in Telegraph Herald, "Hinson voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, but then took credit for the money sent to her Congressional district under the bill's provisions." [Letter to the Editor - Telegraph Herald, 6/8/22]
Laura Hubka Claimed Ashley Hinson Voted Against Build Back Better Act in Congress According to an opinion piece by Laura Hubka in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Rep. Hinson voted against lowering costs and slowing inflation when she opposed President Biden's Build Back Better Act. This vote, again, undercuts our freedom to access affordable health care, to feed our families and to live free from the impacts of climate change." [Laura Hubka - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/1/22]
August 2023: Hinson Attributed Inflation And Higher Energy Prices To Democrat-Passed Spending Bills According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), "Hinson blamed spending bills passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Joe Biden for driving inflation and higher energy prices." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/22/23]
August 2023: Hinson Blamed Democratic Spending For Inflation According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'Hinson blamed spending bills passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Joe Biden for driving inflation and higher energy prices.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 8/24/23]
2025: Ashley Hinson Clarified Trump Loan And Grant Funding Freeze Did Not Impact Direct Assistance According to Des Moines Register, "It did not impact direct assistance to folks like Social Security, Head Start, Section 8 housing, for example," Hinson told reporters Thursday. [Des Moines Register, 1/31/25]
2025: Ashley Hinson Vowed To Clarify Funding Freeze Confusion For Iowans According to Des Moines Register, "She said her office is working with Iowans and stakeholders to clarify any confusion." [Des Moines Register, 1/31/25]
2025: Ashley Hinson Pledged Support For Targeted Investments In Iowa According to Des Moines Register, 'I always work to get those resources back to Iowa, those targeted investments back to Iowa, while working to prevent woke spending sprees.' [Des Moines Register, 1/31/25]
2021: Hinson Criticized Package For Lacking Iowa Priorities According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "'Unfortunately, I don't think there was enough for the priorities that Iowans want — that's the hard infrastructure, the roads and bridges, locks and dams and broadband,' she said." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/7/21]
2021: Hinson Advocated For Targeted Infrastructure Investments According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson said, she's 'continuing to advocate for those targeted investments and resources wherever possible, while working to make sure taxpayers get the best deal throughout this entire process.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/7/21]
2021: Hinson Secured Funding For Port Of Dubuque And Lock & Dam No. 11 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "the Marion Republican referred to securing $5 million dollars to upgrade the Port of Dubuque and $2.9 million for upgrades of Lock & Dam No. 11 at Guttenberg." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 10/7/21]
2021: Hinson Said Infrastructure Bill Did Not Meet Iowa's Priorities According to Daily Nonpareil, 'Unfortunately, I don't think there was enough for the priorities that Iowans want — that's the hard infrastructure, the roads and bridges, locks and dams and broadband,' she said. [Daily Nonpareil, 10/7/21]
2021: Hinson Advocated For Targeted Investments In Infrastructure According to Daily Nonpareil, she's 'continuing to advocate for those targeted investments and resources wherever possible, while working to make sure taxpayers get the best deal throughout this entire process.' [Daily Nonpareil, 10/7/21]
2021: Hinson Cited Efforts To Secure Funding For Iowa Infrastructure Projects According to Daily Nonpareil, 'As examples, the Marion Republican referred to securing $5 million dollars to upgrade the Port of Dubuque and $2.9 million for upgrades of Lock & Dam No. 11 at Guttenberg.' [Daily Nonpareil, 10/7/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Lack Of Biofuel Investments In Infrastructure Bill According to Gazette, "Hinson didn't like what was missing from the infrastructure bill, including 'necessary investments in Iowa's biofuel industry.' Since when is biofuels processing 'real' infrastructure?" [Gazette, 11/14/21]
January 2022: Hinson Expressed Intent To Compete For Federal Funds Benefitting Iowa According to Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 'If there's federal money on the table, do you think I'm going to sit back and let that go to states like California? New York? Hell, no, I'm going to make sure as much of it comes back to Iowa as possible,' she said. [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Argued For Securing Federal Funds For Iowa After Bill Passage According to Globe Gazette, "'If there's federal money on the table, do you think I'm going to sit back and let that go to states like California? New York? Hell, no, I'm going to make sure as much of it comes back to Iowa as possible,' she said." [Globe Gazette, 1/20/22]
January 2022: Hinson Committed To Securing Federal Funds For Iowa According to Daily Nonpareil, '"If there's federal money on the table, do you think I'm going to sit back and let that go to states like California? New York? Hell, no, I'm going to make sure as much of it comes back to Iowa as possible," she said.' [Daily Nonpareil, 1/20/22]
2025: Hinson Cited Efforts To Secure Targeted Investments For Iowa While Preventing 'Woke Spending Sprees' According to Des Moines Register, "'I always work to get those resources back to Iowa, those targeted investments back to Iowa, while working to prevent woke spending sprees.'" [Des Moines Register, 2/1/25]
2021: Todd Dorman Reported Ashley Hinson Called for Targeted State and Local Aid According to an opinion piece by Todd Dorman in Gazette, "Hinson says help should go only to those who need it." [Todd Dorman - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 2/18/21]
February 2021: Ashley Hinson Supported Certain Aspects Of COVID Relief Bill According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "She noted she liked the bill's direct payments to those out of work as well as to businesses and K-12 schools, but doesn't support sending money to state governments, either." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 2/19/21]
Ashley Hinson Supported GOP Alternative Infrastructure Proposal In 2021 According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 'Hinson suggested an alternate infrastructure bill proposed by a group of 10 Senate Republicans estimated to cost $568 billion. The GOP's version defines infrastructure as mostly transportation-related, with additional money for broadband, water and pipelines. The GOP would pay for its bill through funding offsets, primarily by repurposing existing funds approved by Congress.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 5/2/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Requested $1 Million In Federal Funding For The Tower Terrace Project According to Gazette, "Hinson officially requested $1 million for the project on April 26." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 5/28/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Included Tower Terrace In Community Project Funding Submissions According to Gazette, "In April, Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson listed the Tower Terrace project as one of her 10 Community Project Funding submissions." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 5/28/21]
April 2021: Ashley Hinson Argued Tower Terrace Project Supported Growing Local Economy According to Gazette, "'The robust economy of this community is impressive and has outgrown the current infrastructure that links these major roadways,' Hinson wrote to the chairman and ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 5/28/21]
Ashley Hinson Requested $26.4 Million In Earmarks For Iowa Projects In 2021 According to Sioux City Journal, 'Hinson narrowed more than 200 general requests to 10 totaling $26.4 million, ranging from $50,000 for the Leader in Me leadership program in Waterloo to $22.5 million for improving locks and dams on the Mississippi River.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 6/6/21]
Ashley Hinson Stated She Would Advocate For Iowa Earmark Funding In 2021 According to Sioux City Journal, a Hinson staffer explained, 'There are a lot of ifs' between the congresswoman's requests and their approval. Making the requests is not a guarantee a project will be funded. It's a commitment to advocate for its funding. [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 6/6/21]
Ashley Hinson Criticized Sending Iowa Taxpayer Dollars To Other States In 2021 According to Sioux City Journal, 'In the end, Hinson said, her requests come down to "fighting for investments that Iowa needs or allowing Speaker Pelosi to send this money to projects in San Francisco." "Coastal elites don't need any more of Iowa's taxpayer dollars," she said. "I wasn't going to allow this money to go to California instead of being invested in Iowa."' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 6/6/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Requested $26.4 Million For 10 Community Projects In Iowa According to Gazette, "Hinson narrowed more than 200 general requests to 10 totaling $26.4 million, ranging from $50,000 for the Leader in Me leadership program in Waterloo to $22.5 million for improving locks and dams on the Mississippi River." [Gazette, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Clarified Earmark Requests Did Not Add To Federal Spending According to Gazette, "Their requests are not adding spending to the federal budget. Instead, according to Hinson, who sits on the House Appropriations and Budget committees, they are asking that 'money already being designated to certain federal programs be allocated to these projects within those programs.'" [Gazette, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Listed Community Project Funding Requests Totaling $26,428,000 According to Gazette, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion Total: $26,428,000 Leader in Me (Black Hawk County), $50,000 Independence Airport (Buchanan County), $1,000,000 Locks and Dam 25 (Clayton County),$22,500,000 Chaplain Schmitt Trail (Dubuque County),$615,000 Protivin Fire Department (Howard County), $100,000 EMS center (Jackson County), $263,000 Affordable housing (Jones County), $500,000 Tower Terrace Road (Linn County), $1,000,000 Health care (Marshall County), $200,000 Child care center(Winneshiek County), $200,000" [Gazette, 6/7/21]
2021: Hinson Requested $26.4 Million Across 10 Community Projects According to Globe Gazette, "Hinson narrowed more than 200 general requests to 10 totaling $26.4 million, ranging from $50,000 for the Leader in Me leadership program in Waterloo to $22.5 million for improving locks and dams on the Mississippi River." [Globe Gazette, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Advocated For Returning Federal Funds To Iowa Through Earmark Requests According to Globe Gazette, 'But I also was elected to fight for Iowa,' she said, explaining that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic majority were going to revive earmarks with or without Republicans. 'I would rather this money go to Iowa than to California. I want to bring taxpayer dollars back to Iowa to be reinvested at home.' [Globe Gazette, 6/7/21]
2021: Hinson Argued Her Earmark Requests Did Not Add Spending To The Federal Budget According to Globe Gazette, 'Their requests are not adding spending to the federal budget. Instead, according to Hinson, who sits on the House Appropriations and Budget committees, they are asking that 'money already being designated to certain federal programs be allocated to these projects within those programs.'' [Globe Gazette, 6/7/21]
2021: Hinson Framed Earmark Participation As 'Fighting For Investments That Iowa Needs' According to Globe Gazette, 'In the end, Hinson said, her requests come down to "fighting for investments that Iowa needs or allowing Speaker Pelosi to send this money to projects in San Francisco."' [Globe Gazette, 6/7/21]
2021: A Hinson Staffer Cautioned That Earmark Requests Were Not Guaranteed Funding According to Globe Gazette, 'It's early in the process, a Hinson staffer cautioned, explaining, "There are a lot of ifs" between the congresswoman's requests and their approval. Making the requests is not a guarantee a project will be funded. It's a commitment to advocate for its funding.' [Globe Gazette, 6/7/21]
2021: Hinson Requested $26.4 Million In Community Project Funding According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson narrowed more than 200 general requests to 10 totaling $26.4 million, ranging from $50,000 for the Leader in Me leadership program in Waterloo to $22.5 million for improving locks and dams on the Mississippi River." [Daily Nonpareil, 6/7/21]
2021: Hinson Emphasized Advocacy For Iowa Over Other States In Funding Requests According to Daily Nonpareil, "I would rather this money go to Iowa than to California. I want to bring taxpayer dollars back to Iowa to be reinvested at home." [Daily Nonpareil, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Requested $26.4 Million For 10 Community Projects In Iowa According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "Hinson narrowed more than 200 general requests to 10 totaling $26.4 million, ranging from $50,000 for the Leader in Me leadership program in Waterloo to $22.5 million for improving locks and dams on the Mississippi River." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Justified Earmark Requests As Returning Taxpayer Money To Iowa According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "But I also was elected to fight for Iowa," she said, explaining that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic majority were going to revive earmarks with or without Republicans. "I would rather this money go to Iowa than to California. I want to bring taxpayer dollars back to Iowa to be reinvested at home." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Staff Cautioned That Earmark Requests Were Not Guaranteed Funding According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "It's early in the process, a Hinson staffer cautioned, explaining, 'There are a lot of ifs' between the congresswoman's requests and their approval. Making the requests is not a guarantee a project will be funded. It's a commitment to advocate for its funding." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 6/7/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson Requested $26.4 Million In Community Project Funding According to Valley News Today, 'Hinson narrowed more than 200 general requests to 10 totaling $26.4 million, ranging from $50,000 for the Leader in Me leadership program in Waterloo to $22.5 million for improving locks and dams on the Mississippi River.' [Valley News Today, 6/8/21]
2021: Ashley Hinson's Funding Requests Included Ten Distinct Projects According to Valley News Today, 'U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, Total: $26,428,000, Leader in Me (Black Hawk County), $50,000; Independence Airport (Buchanan County), $1,000,000; Locks and Dam 25 (Clayton County), $22,500,000; Chaplain Schmitt Trail (Dubuque County), $615,000; Protivin Fire Department (Howard County), $100,000; EMS center (Jackson County), $263,000; Affordable housing (Jones County), $500,000; Tower Terrace Road (Linn County), $1,000,000; Health care (Marshall County), $200,000; Child care center (Winneshiek County), $200,000.' [Valley News Today, 6/8/21]
2021: Hinson's Staff Noted Earmark Requests Were Advocacy, Not Guarantees According to Valley News Today, 'It's early in the process, a Hinson staffer cautioned, explaining, "There are a lot of ifs" between the congresswoman's requests and their approval. Making the requests is not a guarantee a project will be funded. It's a commitment to advocate for its funding.' [Valley News Today, 6/8/21]
2021: Hinson Requested $26.4 Million In Community Project Funding According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson narrowed more than 200 general requests to 10 totaling $26.4 million, ranging from $50,000 for the Leader in Me leadership program in Waterloo to $22.5 million for improving locks and dams on the Mississippi River." [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/21]
2021: Hinson Included Projects From Various Iowa Counties In Requests According to Daily Nonpareil, Hinson's requested projects included: Leader in Me (Black Hawk County), $50,000; Independence Airport (Buchanan County), $1,000,000; Locks and Dam 25 (Clayton County),$22,500,000; Chaplain Schmitt Trail (Dubuque County),$615,000; Protivin Fire Department (Howard County), $100,000; EMS center (Jackson County), $263,000; Affordable housing (Jones County), $500,000; Tower Terrace Road (Linn County), $1,000,000; Health care (Marshall County), $200,000; Child care center (Winneshiek County), $200,000. [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/21]
Ashley Hinson Noted Increasing Constituent Concerns About Inflation in 2021 According to Daily Nonpareil, "In travels around the 20-county 1st District, Hinson said concerns about inflation have 'particularly ramped up in the past couple of months.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 7/30/21]
July 2021: Hinson Said Inflation Is Straining Families In Iowa's 1st District According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Hinson said, "Inflation, which increased 3.5% year-over-year in June, according to the Commerce Department, is putting 'a terrible strain on hardworking families who are now paying more for just about everything,' including groceries, gas and utilities." [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/31/21]
July 2021: Hinson Reported Increased Inflation Concerns In District Travels According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, "In travels around the 20-county 1st District, Hinson said concerns about inflation have 'particularly ramped up in the past couple of months.'" [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 7/31/21]
2022: Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Bill But Sought Transportation Funding For District According to Globe Gazette, Hinson said she opposed the act because it was tied to negotiations over social spending she said would worsen inflation. However, the money was going to be spent regardless, and 'of course I'm going to fight like hell to make sure that resources come back to my state.' [Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa), 10/9/22]
Hinson Explained Praise Of Federal Funds For Iowa Despite Voting No According to Globe Gazette, "The incumbent Republican said while she was opposed to the spending measures, once approved, 'I went to bat for Iowa taxpayers, and I went to bat to make sure those resources came here.'" [Globe Gazette, 10/28/22]
September 2023: Ashley Hinson Stated Congress Should Keep Government Open To Protect Essential Services According to The Gazette, "Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, told reporters Friday Congress can and should keep the government open so troops and law enforcement are paid, border security operations continue, and essential services for veterans and seniors are not interrupted." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 9/29/23]
9/29/23: Hinson Argued Shutdowns Are Costly For Federal Government According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 'Both Hinson and Miller-Meeks noted a shutdown ends up costing the federal government billions more in back pay to furloughed workers, extra administrative work, lost revenue and late fees on interest payments, and further reduces the productivity of federal government agencies.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 9/30/23]
October 2023: Hinson Opposed Biden Administration's Combined Supplemental Funding Approach According to Gazette, "The Biden administration is preparing a supplemental funding request to submit to Congress that includes money for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and U.S. border security, according to NBC News, quoting anonymous sources. Hinson opposes that approach." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/12/23]
March 2024: Hinson Opposed Social Security Cuts And Raising Retirement Age According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), "Hinson, speaking to reporters Friday, said she does not support cuts of any kind to Social Security or raising the retirement age. 'I will always support Social Security, and I will reject any cuts to Social Security,' said Hinson, of Marion. 'I will also reject the Democrats fear-mongering on this issue.'" [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 3/22/24]
2024: Hinson Rejected Social Security Benefit Cuts Or Raising Retirement Age According to Daily Nonpareil, "Hinson, speaking to reporters Friday, said she does not support cuts of any kind to Social Security or raising the retirement age. 'I will always support Social Security, and I will reject any cuts to Social Security,' said Hinson, of Marion. 'I will also reject the Democrats fearmongering on this issue,' asserting trillions of dollars in spending approved by Democrats has fueled inflation that is hurting seniors and those on fixed incomes the most right now." [Daily Nonpareil, 3/24/24]
2021: Letter Writer Dave Bradley Criticized Ashley Hinson for Opposing Infrastructure Funding Benefiting Iowa According to a letter to the editor published in Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), "Apparently that doesn't bother Miller-Meeks and Hinson as Iowans await upgrades from infrastructure funding." [Letter to the Editor - Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 11/23/21]
April 2021: Hinson Opposed Biden's Infrastructure Spending Plans As Not Focused On Rural Priorities According to Daily Nonpareil, Hinson said Biden "outlined divisions that would massively expand the government's involvement in our lives at the expense of small businesses, workers, families in rural America" and had not laid out a plan "to rein in 'wasteful' spending, to secure U.S. borders and prioritize the needs of rural Iowans through targeted infrastructure investment." [Daily Nonpareil, 4/29/21]
2023: Hinson Opposed Infrastructure Bill But Advocated Targeted District Projects According to Gazette, "Hinson opposed the infrastructure bill because of its large price tag, and has advocated for and helped secure funding for targeted infrastructure updates and various projects throughout the district." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 10/17/23]
2025: Hinson Prioritized Alignment Of Federal Funding With Voter Intent According to Des Moines Register, "'The point is to ensure that all federal funding is really in line with what the American people voted for and to end the abuse of taxpayer dollars on woke priorities that we saw go rampant under the Biden administration.'" [Des Moines Register, 2/1/25]
Ashley Hinson Argued Earmark Requests Redistributed Existing Funds In 2021 According to Sioux City Journal, Hinson, who sits on the House Appropriations and Budget committees, said her requests 'are not adding spending to the federal budget. Instead, according to Hinson, they are asking that "money already being designated to certain federal programs be allocated to these projects within those programs."' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 6/6/21]
2021: Hinson Framed Earmark Requests As Advocating For Iowa According to Daily Nonpareil, "'I would rather this money go to Iowa than to California. I want to bring taxpayer dollars back to Iowa to be reinvested at home.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/21]
July 2021: Ashley Hinson Supported Expanding Child Tax Credit But Criticized American Rescue Plan's Costs According to Gazette, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson supports expanding the child tax credit, but has concerns about the price tag on the American Rescue Plan that includes sending payments averaging $423 a month to about 35 million families with children." [Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), 7/16/21]
December 2022: Ashley Hinson Shared Opposition To Earmark-Related Spending Uses In Newsletter According to Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, '"These are not appropriate or acceptable uses of taxpayer dollars," Hinson wrote in her weekly congressional newsletter.' [Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (IA), 12/24/22]
November 2022: Ashley Hinson Claimed Student Loan Payment Pause Cost Over $4 Billion Per Month According to The Gazette, "U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Marion Republican, tweeted last month that 'it costs over $4 billion per month to pause student loan payments, driving inflation higher.'" [Gazette, 12/26/22]
Ashley Hinson Worked With Iowa Stakeholders To Clarify Impact Of Federal Funding Freeze In 2025 According to Daily Nonpareil, 'Hinson said her office is working with Iowa nonprofits, cities, school districts and other impacted stakeholders to clarify any confusion.' [Daily Nonpareil, 1/31/25]
Ashley Hinson Clarified Her Position On Federal Funding Amid Nonprofit Concerns In 2025 According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 'Hinson said her office is working with Iowa nonprofits, cities, school districts and other impacted stakeholders to clarify any confusion.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 1/31/25]
May 2021: Ashley Hinson Reported Constituent Support For Infrastructure Spending According to Gazette, "People who spoke to her at meetings have been supportive of infrastructure spending, especially for broadband, Hinson said." [Gazette, 5/27/21]
May 2021: Ashley Hinson Highlighted Bipartisan Senate Support For Highway Funding According to Gazette, "She's encouraged that a plan to spend $311 billion over five years on highways was approved by the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee with bipartisan support." [Gazette, 5/27/21]
May 2021: Ashley Hinson Distinguished Between Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan And Biden's Broader Proposal According to Gazette, 'The difference between that proposal and the Biden infrastructure plan is that it's targeted, Hinson said. "That was the theme I heard, as well, from constituents, who were talking about what they perceive to be actual infrastructure and where they'd like to see that investment go," she said.' [Gazette, 5/27/21]
May 2021: Hinson Observed Support For Infrastructure Spending Among Constituents According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 'People who spoke to her at meetings have been supportive of infrastructure spending, especially for broadband, Hinson said.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 5/27/21]
May 2021: Hinson Favored Targeted Infrastructure Investment According to Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 'The difference between that proposal and the Biden infrastructure plan is that it's targeted, Hinson said.' [Sioux City Journal (Iowa), 5/27/21]
2022: Ashley Hinson Requested Community Project Funding For District Projects According to Daily Nonpareil, "Northeast Iowa U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, a Republican who sits on the Appropriations Committee, requested funding for neighborhood revitalization in Waterloo, emergency services facilities in Gilbertville and Independence and flood mitigation projects in Cedar Rapids and Guttenberg, among other requests." [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/22]
2022: Hinson Cited Community Buy-In As Criteria For Project Funding Requests According to Daily Nonpareil, "Her goal in asking for community project funding is 'to bring as many targeted resources into the district where they will have the most transformational impact.' She seeks funding only for projects that have community buy-in and support, Hinson said this week." [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/22]
2022: Hinson's Fiscal 2022 Requests Supported Infrastructure Investments According to Daily Nonpareil, "Her fiscal 2022 requests were for targeted infrastructure investments including Tower Terrace Road in Linn County and a new fire station in Northeast Iowa's Protivin, as well as a Winneshiek County child care center." [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/22]
2022: Hinson Connected District Needs To Funding Requests According to Daily Nonpareil, "The requests also reflect what she says she hears in community meetings around the district housing, neighborhood revitalization, safety and security and workforce, Hinson said, pointing to the applications she has made for the Hawkeye and Kirkwood community colleges." [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/22]
2022: Hinson Joined Miller-Meeks In Request For UI Flood Center Funding According to Daily Nonpareil, "She joined Hinson in asking for $1 million for the UI Flood Center because 'having both members submit requests will hopefully increase the likelihood of receiving the necessary funding,' according to her office." [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/22]
2022: Hinson Stressed Return On Investment For Taxpayers In Project Funding According to Daily Nonpareil, "'The (return on investment) for taxpayers is critical in my mind,' she said. 'We're looking to make true investments where they will pay dividends.'" [Daily Nonpareil, 6/8/22]
2024: Hinson Criticized The Biden Administration's Treatment Of Taxpayers According to Des Moines Register, "I think that the Biden administration has put Americans last the last four years by being disrespectful to taxpayers," Hinson told the Des Moines Register. [Des Moines Register (Iowa), 12/2/24]