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September 14, 2018
Senator Ernst on Transparency with the RFS: “All of this should be no-brainer stuff”
WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined Bloomberg TV yesterday to discuss the latest with regard to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). A portion of her interview is... -
September 10, 2018
First 2018 Farm Bill Conference Committee Meets
The 56-member Farm Bill conference committee met for the first time this past week. The current Farm Bill, which sets agriculture and nutrition program policy for five years,... -
September 05, 2018
Senator Ernst: ‘Completion of This Farm Bill Is a Must-Do and a Must-Pass’
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined her fellow... -
August 27, 2018
Editorial: Ernst correct on views
We strongly agree with U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst on a pair of topics she addressed at a town hall gathering earlier this month in Sanborn. Ernst, a first-term Republican, said she... -
August 17, 2018
Ernst Encourages Open Markets
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said China has been a “horrible trade partner” to the United States. Speaking at a town hall meeting at Yesterday’s Memories &... -
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst met with ag producers in Sibley on Monday night for a roundtable on multiple issues the industry is facing. … Ernst spent nearly two hours with...
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WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst joined Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation” to discuss how tariffs are affecting Iowa and her expectations for President Trump’s upcoming trips to...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, applauded today’s final passage of...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement in regard to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Renewable Volume...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst joined U.S. Congressman David Young and the Iowa congressional delegation in sending a letter to President Donald Trump expressing their...
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June 21, 2018
Ernst, Grassley Meet with Ambassador Branstad
WASHINGTON – Iowa’s U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley met with U.S. Ambassador to China and former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad yesterday in Washington, D.C. The discussion... -
June 20, 2018
Senator Ernst Pushes EPA Nominees to “Keep their Word”
WASHINGTON – During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) said that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has made “questionable... -
June 19, 2018
Sen. Ernst: Farmers Need Trade Deals, Not Tariffs
WASHINGTON – Following China’s decision to impose 25 percent tariffs on U.S. goods in response to the United States’ announcement levying tariffs on Chinese imports worth $50... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), released the following statement after the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry approved the 2018 Farm Bill. “Timely...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) -- The Senate has introduced legislation that reforms regulation for truckers called the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act. In it, some...
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Haulers hope for respite from rigid Department of Transportation Hours of Service regulations. A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Wednesday (May 23) to...
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May 28, 2018
Rural Banks, Credit Unions Get a Break
Last week, President Trump signed into law the bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S-2155). The legislation rolls back regulations imposed... -
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined Senator Ben Sasse and a bipartisan group of Senators in introducing the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act. Currently, overly...
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May 25, 2018
Livestock groups say livestock hauling bill will relieve some concerns with ELD regulations
On May 23, Senators Ben Sasse (R-NE), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jon Tester (D), John Hoeven (R-ND), Tina Smith (D-MN), Pat Roberts (R-Ks), Rand... -
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined Senator Ben Sasse and a bipartisan group of Senators in introducing the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act....