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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis, expressing support for the creation...
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February 28, 2017
Senator Ernst Statement Following President Trump’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst tonight issued a statement following President Donald Trump’s first address to a Joint Session of Congress: “For the... -
February 27, 2017
Ernst: Radical Islamic Extremism Continues to Spread in Southeast Asia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, issued the following statement after a... -
February 15, 2017
Chairman Ernst Convenes First Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee Hearing of the 115th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services' Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, convened the first hearing of the... -
February 09, 2017
Ernst Joins Group of Senators in Urging Administration to Pursue a Tough Russia Policy
Washington – U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) along with Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Todd Young (R-IN), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Joni Ernst... -
February 06, 2017
Ernst-Coons-Fischer-Gillibrand Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Track National Guard Cyber Capabilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chairman of the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee on the Senate Armed Services Committee, along with Senators Chris... -
February 03, 2017
Ernst Statement on Sanctions Against Iran, Russia
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement on the Trump administration’s actions to... -
February 01, 2017
Ernst Supports Tillerson for Secretary of State
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State: “As the... -
January 30, 2017
Ernst Statement on President Trump's Executive Order "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States"
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst issued the following statement regarding the Trump Administration's Executive Order "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry... -
January 27, 2017
Ernst Leads Senators in Letter to Army Chief of Staff On Polymer Ammunition Magazines for Army Rifles
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR), Jim Inhofe... -
January 25, 2017
Ernst Requests Air Force Consider Implementing Buddy Pair System to Help Combat Military Sexual Assaults
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today sent a letter to Brigadier General Heather L. Pringle,... -
January 24, 2017
Ernst Supports Haley for Ambassador to the UN
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley to be the U.S.... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today at a hearing entitled “Defense Budget for Fiscal Year...
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January 23, 2017
Senate Confirms Pompeo for CIA Director
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed Congressman Mike Pompeo to be Director of the... -
January 20, 2017
Senate Confirms First Cabinet Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed its first two nominees for President Trump’s cabinet:... -
January 18, 2017
Ernst to Chair Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), the first female combat veteran to serve in the Senate and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the... -
January 12, 2017
Ernst: Military must do more to end sexual assault
When I deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as a company commander, I had to follow orders to travel in a buddy pair which applied to all service members on our base... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today met with President-elect Trump's nominee for...
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January 05, 2017
Ernst Presses Intelligence Officials on Utilization of National Guard Units in U.S. Cyber Defense
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on “Foreign Cyber Threats to the United States”, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) pressed the Commander of the... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today joined U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) in introducing a Senate resolution objecting to the...