Press Releases
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WASHINGTON – During Sunshine Week, the annual celebration of transparency and openness in government, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the Senate’s biggest foe of government...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Big River Packaging....
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today renewed their effort to support the...
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March 09, 2023
Ernst Fights to Protect National Security, Limit U.S. Debt Owned by China, Other Foreign Adversaries
WASHINGTON – As the president’s budget includes more reckless spending that will raise the debt, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is working to limit the amount of U.S. national... -
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee,...
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March 09, 2023
VIDEO: Ernst: D.C. Crime Bill Sacrifices Safety on the Religious Altar of the Ultra-Progressive Social Justice Agenda
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today took to the Senate floor to slam D.C. Democrats’ dangerous, soft-on-crime policy, describing the effort as sacrificing “the... -
March 08, 2023
Ranking Member Ernst Urges SBA Nominee to Address Fraud, Cut Red Tape, Support Rural Communities
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, co-led the first committee hearing of the year.... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced the bipartisan Small Business Child Care Investment Act to help meet the needs of families,...
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March 07, 2023
Ernst Relays Iowans’ Concerns on Government Overreach, Pushes Back on Biden’s Radical Agenda
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted what one Iowan called the “hand of big government” at her Jasper County town hall meeting last weekend, relaying... -
March 07, 2023
Ranking Member Ernst Demands SBA Address Concerns on Irresponsible Changes to Lending Programs
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, and Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.), are demanding the Small Business... -
March 06, 2023
After Continued Pressure from Ernst, USTR Finally Takes Action on Mexico’s Ban on U.S. Corn
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, successfully forced the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to engage with Mexico... -
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined five of her Senate Republican colleagues in calling on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced the Small Business of the Week: Jill’s Homestead of Chariton....
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WASHINGTON – During the first week of Women’s History Month, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and her colleagues in an effort...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is putting forward a bipartisan measure with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to include...
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WASHINGTON – As Americans’ savings dwindle near an all-time low, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined all 48 of her Senate Republican colleagues and two of her Democratic...
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March 01, 2023
Ernst Says Farmers Are the Original Conservationists, Pushes for Less Red Tape in USDA Programs
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) questioned United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials regarding the conservation title of the 2023 Farm Bill, and... -
February 28, 2023
Ernst Slams Democrats, Media for Dismissing Wuhan Lab Leak Theory, Highlights Effort to Debar Wuhan Institute from Receiving Taxpayer Dollars
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) slammed Democrats, the media, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for dismissing those who suspected... -
February 28, 2023
Ernst, Grassley Continue Work to Bring Transparency to College Tuition
WASHINGTON – As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments this week on President Biden’s student debt transfer, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley... -
February 27, 2023
Ernst Meets With Iowa National Guard in Poland
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard, and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee,...