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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), known as the Senate’s leading foe of wasteful government spending, is signing onto legislation prohibiting universities...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) hosted her tenth telephone town hall amid COVID-19 yesterday to answer questions directly from Iowans across the state. For the tele-town...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a relentless fighter for Iowa’s biofuel community, pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler today at...
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May 20, 2020
No More Bonus Benefits for Millionaires, Says Ernst
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), known as the Senate’s leading foe of wasteful government spending, is pushing to kick millionaires off a new,... -
May 20, 2020
Washington Times: Millionaires allowed to claim unemployment benefits in coronavirus stimulus
The federal government is poised to pay out tens of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits to millionaires who find themselves out of work during coronavirus and are still... -
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today called on her colleagues to remain focused on relief related to the COVID-19 pandemic and denounced the House Democrats’ $3 trillion...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, issued the following statement after President...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is supporting bipartisan legislation that would allow parents with a newborn child to claim an additional $500 in direct financial...
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WASHINGTON – As negotiations on a future COVID-19 relief package continue in the Senate, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is urging her colleagues to support her bipartisan Credit...
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WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) held another telephone town hall today, this time with thousands of Iowa seniors, to answer questions on a range of topics related to the...
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May 15, 2020
KCCI: Ernst introduces bill to give new parents $500 per child born in 2020 under CARES Act
Sen. Joni Ernst announced Friday she was supporting new legislation that would provide new parents with $500 immediately under the CARES act, instead of waiting until after the... -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to provide citizens access to rural broadband. The coronavirus pandemic, however, further highlights the need for greater...
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Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is part of a bipartisan group pushing to get some of the federal pandemic response money directed to local media outlets. “The federal government, if we are...
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May 14, 2020
Ernst, Hassan Lead Bipartisan Effort to Support Disability Service Providers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) are working to provide financial relief to Medicaid providers who support and care for people with... -
May 13, 2020
Continuing Her Support for Local Media, Ernst Pushes Bill Extending Relief to Iowa’s Newspapers, TV, and Radio
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), who has called for support for local media as they play a critical role amid the COVID-19 pandemic, helped introduce bipartisan... -
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) spoke on the Senate floor today to highlight Iowans from across the state—including individuals, servicemembers, and local businesses—who...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, joined Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) and 17 of her Senate...
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May 12, 2020
Ernst: Let’s Support Front Line Workers, Ensure Iowa Can Continue to Feed and Fuel the World
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Energy and Rural Development, today spoke on her efforts to support Iowa’s agriculture... -
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...