Press Releases
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A June 2014 internal audit by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) found that more than 120,000 veterans waited at least 90 days for appointments for health care or never...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today announced she will hold a roundtable discussion in Woodbury County with Iowa veterans and community leaders as part of her...
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June 14, 2016
NDAA Passes Senate, 21 Ernst Measures Included
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA),... -
June 13, 2016
President Signs Iowa Delegation Legislation to Name Cedar Rapids Post Office After SFC Pasker Into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after President Obama signed into law the Iowa delegation’s legislation to name a Cedar... -
June 13, 2016
Ernst Statement on Orlando Attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), an alum of the Iowa State University United States Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), released the following statement...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today took to the Senate floor to encourage her colleagues to support the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed...
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) returned this week from a congressional delegation trip to South Korea,...
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June 08, 2016
BOXER, ERNST, COLLEAGUES PRAISE SENATE PASSAGE OF FEMALE VETERAN SUICIDE PREVENTION ACT
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today praised the Senate's unanimous passage of the... -
June 07, 2016
Ernst Questions TSA Administrator on Reckless Spending
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today questioned Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator, Hon. Peter V. Neffenger, in a Senate Homeland... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) announced that her office is seeking Iowa college students and recent graduates for internship opportunities in her Washington,...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard, today stated that 21 of the students she nominated last December...
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WASHINGTON – Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley, all six members of the Iowa congressional delegation today expressed alarm to the Labor Department over a regulation that could limit...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the Weekly Republican Address, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), delivers a Memorial Day tribute honoring our nation’s fallen heroes, servicemembers, and veterans,...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Congressman Rod Blum (R-01) today released the following statements after legislation to rename a...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday passed two measures introduced by U.S. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Joni...
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May 25, 2016
Two Important Ernst Measures Pass Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, two of U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) measures passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: The House companion legislation... -
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Mark Warner (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Joni Ernst (R-IA) Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Michael Bennet...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in favor of H.J.Res.88, a measure to disapprove of and eliminate the...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), the first female combat veteran to serve in the U.S. Senate, released the following statement calling for the resignation of Veterans...