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January 20, 2016
Ernst Puts American Security First Through Support of SAFE Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in support of the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act (H.R.... -
January 13, 2016
ICYMI: Ernst Calls Out President Obama For Missed Opportunity In State Of The Union Address
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today joined Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” to discuss her disappointment in the President’s failure to... -
January 12, 2016
Ernst: President Ignored Country’s Troubling Reality
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s final State of the Union Address: “First and... -
FORT BRAGG – Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) concluded a Congressional Delegation visit to Fort Bragg in North Carolina, the largest military installation...
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December 15, 2015
Ernst Supports Critical Counterterrorism Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today announced she has cosponsored Senator Tom Cotton’s (R-AR) Liberty Through Strength Act II, requiring the Obama... -
December 15, 2015
Ernst: President Missed Opportunity to Lead in War Against Terror
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement following President Obama’s Oval Office address to the nation on terrorism: “Last night,... -
December 15, 2015
Ernst Statement on Authorization of Use of Military Forces against ISIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after cosponsoring a joint resolution for the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF)... -
December 15, 2015
Ernst Renews Call for AUMF to Fight ISIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after President Obama spoke from the Pentagon on his strategy in the Middle East: “Today was... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today issued the following statement following the Pentagon’s announcement to open all combat roles to...
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December 11, 2015
Obama’s Pressing ‘Delete’ On Key Counter-Terrorism Intelligence. Here’s How We’re Stopping It.
As published in: Independent Journal Last month’s brutal massacre in Paris and the ISIS-connected terrorist attack in California underscore just how dangerous the world has... -
December 04, 2015
ICYMI: Ernst Stresses Need for Strategy to Destroy ISIS on Morning Joe
“…we have to have a leader here in the United States that says we are going to destroy ISIS, not contain it, not degrade it, but destroy it.” WASHINGTON, D.C . – Today, U.S.... -
December 04, 2015
ICYMI: Ernst Discusses Recent Terrorist Attacks on Fox & Friends
“I have served in that region as a company commander in Kuwait and Iraq, I understand the volatility there. But we have to understand that the reason we have these refugees is... -
December 04, 2015
Ernst Joins Bipartisan Letter to President on Potential ISIS Infiltration of Syrian Refugee Flow
ISIS Terror Attacks in Paris Claimed 129 Lives At Least One Attacker Reportedly Infiltrated Syrian Refugee Flow to Enter Europe WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the aftermath of the... -
December 04, 2015
Senator Ernst Statement on Terrorist Attacks in Paris
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released a... -
December 03, 2015
Ernst Supports Funding for Veterans, Servicemembers, Military Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after voting in support of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related... -
December 03, 2015
Sen. Ernst Votes in Support of NDAA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after voting in support of the revised National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal... -
November 18, 2015
Declaring war on ISIL
As published in: USA Today Over the weekend, the United States’ oldest ally was attacked by an enemy we all know too well. My heart breaks for France and her people... -
November 18, 2015
Declaring war on ISIL: Sen. Joni Ernst
Source: USA Today Over the weekend, the United States’ oldest ally was attacked by an enemy we all know too well. My heart breaks for France and her people during this time... -
November 05, 2015
Sen. Ernst Supports Critical Funding for Our Troops
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in support of advancing the Fiscal Year 2016 defense spending bill to... -
November 04, 2015
Ernst Leads Bipartisan Senators in Request for Enhanced Security of Undersea Communication Cables
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In light of recent reports that Russian naval vessels have been operating along known routes of U.S. global communication undersea fiber optic cables, U.S....