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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) in introducing the No Higher education Assistance for Mobs of Antisemitic and terrorist...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) spoke on the Senate floor calling for the Senate to pass a resolution she led with Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to condemn antisemitism...
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WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led a meeting with Rich Cordray, President Biden’s Chief Operating Officer for the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), and...
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) blasted Biden’s Department of Education for their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) fiasco. The administration’s...
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) condemned the leadership failures that have allowed antisemitic violence and pro-Hamas propaganda to skyrocket on American...
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April 23, 2024
Ernst Calls on Biden Admin to Protect Jewish Students from Pro-Hamas, Anti-Semitic Mobs
WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in demanding Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona restore order to campuses... -
SIOUX CITY – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted a roundtable at Morningside College for Iowa students, families, administrators, and other stakeholders to share how they have...
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April 18, 2024
During the Month of the Military Child, Ernst Works to Increase Servicemembers’ Access to Child Care
WASHINGTON – During the Month of the Military Child and in response to the child care provider shortages across the country, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Jeanne Shaheen... -
April 11, 2024
Ernst Fights to Restore Free Speech on College Campuses
WASHINGTON — As left-wing activists on college campuses continue to erode American students’ First Amendment rights and attack Jewish students following Hamas’s brutal assault on... -
WASHINGTON — At today's hearing, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, called out the Biden administration’s out-of-touch child...
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LAMONI, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted a roundtable at Graceland University for Iowa students, families, administrators, and other stakeholders to share how they...
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February 12, 2024
Ernst Fights for Farm Families Cut Out of College Aid
WASHINGTON – Considering the Department of Education’s (Ed) failure to provide farm families with transparency surrounding Ed’s botched rollout of the Free Application for Federal... -
February 01, 2024
Ernst and Grassley Release FAFSA Factsheet
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today published an FAQ-style factsheet on the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).... -
February 01, 2024
Ernst Fighting Against Unfair FAFSA Changes for Iowa Farm Families
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) stood up for Iowa farm families who have been negatively impacted by the Biden administration’s botched student aid roll... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in requesting a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into the Biden administration’s failure to...
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WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that President Joe Biden’s $400 billion student loan bailout is...
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May 31, 2023
Ernst Leads Effort to Save Taxpayers $300 Billion by Blocking Biden’s Student Loan Scheme
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) voted to save taxpayers more than $300 billion by overturning President Biden’s pause on student loan payments. The resolution... -
RED OAK, IOWA – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announce their offices will hold joint United States Service Academy Virtual Informational...
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March 30, 2023
Ernst: “This is not debt cancellation. It’s socialism.”
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted her effort with 37 Republicans to block President Biden’s plan to transfer student loan debt to hardworking... -
March 27, 2023
Ernst Fights to Block Biden’s “Student Loan Socialism”
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is working to overturn President Biden’s student loan “cancellation” rule, which would cost an estimated $400 billion and transfer up...