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WASHINGTON—As part of National Hospital Week, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) recognized the hardworking men and women in Iowa’s hospitals who are on the front lines of COVID-19. In...
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WASHINGTON – Working across the aisle, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), along with 19 of their Republican...
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May 11, 2020
Ernst, Murphy Urge Support for Families, Workers in Need of Diaper Assistance During COVID-19
WASHINGTON—With parents facing layoffs due to unprecedented unemployment during COVID-19, plus recent reports of diaper shortages as a result of stockpiling and supply chain... -
WASHINGTON—After calling for action, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) has helped secure a fix that ensures publicly-owned hospitals with 500 or fewer employees – like many rural,...
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May 04, 2020
Ernst Helps Secure Over $383M for Iowa’s Rural Hospitals, Clinics, and Community Health Centers
RED OAK, Iowa – As a result of the bipartisan CARES Act, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) has helped secure $383,318,585 for Iowa’s rural health care providers. This announcement... -
April 21, 2020
Ernst: ‘More relief is on the way to Iowans’
RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed additional COVID-19 relief funding, including more money for the... -
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is continuing to fight for Iowa’s health care community on the front lines of COVID-19. After hearing from county hospitals in Iowa, Ernst...
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April 07, 2020
Ernst Urges Feds to Protect Seniors, Provide Safe Settings for Treatments Amid COVID-19
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is joining her Democratic and Republican colleagues in calling on two federal health agencies to close any remaining gaps in health... -
April 01, 2020
Ernst: Rural hospitals need financial assistance ‘immediately’ and in the ‘most streamlined manner’
RED OAK, Iowa – After hearing from a number of hospitals, health centers, and workers in Iowa about the need for immediate financial relief, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)... -
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, joined Varney and Co. on Fox Business to discuss her work in the Senate to provide...
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WASHINGTON – After hearing from a number of hospitals and health centers in Iowa about the need for additional relief, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is calling on the Senate...
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March 20, 2020
Millions in Cash Just Sitting Around, Unused; Ernst Says Let’s Use it to Purchase Masks, Personal Protective Equipment
WASHINGTON – After hearing from Governor Kim Reynolds and a number of health providers across Iowa about a shortage of specialized masks and personal protective equipment (PPE),... -
March 20, 2020
Washington Times: Joni Ernst calls for $357 million in unused fund for face masks, medical equipment
Sen. Joni Ernst is calling for more than $350 million sitting in an unused fund to be deployed to the Department of Health and Human Services to purchase face masks and other... -
March 19, 2020
Senator Ernst Hears Directly from Iowans Across the State During Her Telephone Town Hall
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is working diligently to hear the needs and concerns of Iowans during this time, and in turn, taking Iowans’ voices directly to the... -
March 18, 2020
Ernst-Supported Bipartisan Package Delivers Relief for Iowa Families, Workers, and Seniors; Bill Heads to President’s Desk
WASHINGTON – Following her vote in favor of the bipartisan relief package for Iowa families and workers, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement: “It’s going... -
March 17, 2020
VIDEO: Ernst: ‘All Hands on Deck’ to Address COVID-19
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today continued to urge her fellow Americans to work together to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and to find ways to support folks in Iowa... -
March 14, 2020
WOWT: Iowa officials met with Iowa grocers to discuss coronavirus mitigation efforts Ernst updates on virus
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst met with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Lt. Governor Adam Gregg, a number of Iowa grocers, and other state officials to discuss coronavirus mitigation... -
In the past few days, cases of coronavirus have started to arise here in Iowa, just like we’ve seen in many other states across the country. At this point, there are over 1,000...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today encouraged her colleagues in Congress, as well as officials at the state and local levels, to continue working together to protect...
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March 05, 2020
Ernst Supports Additional Resources for Federal, State, and Local Authorities to Fight Coronavirus
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), along with a bipartisan majority in the United States Senate, supported legislation today to provide resources to federal, state,...