Senator Joni Ernst’s Veterans Day message

On this Veterans Day, we are hearing from people who served on the battlefield before they served in Washington.

Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa is a combat veteran, who was in the Armed Forces for more than 23 years.

Here is her message to her fellow veterans.

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