Press Releases
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July 14, 2016
Senator Ernst Disappointed in Failure to Progress Funding for VA, Combatting Zika Virus
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in favor of the conference report on the Zika Prevention and Response... -
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) called on the Department of Defense (DoD) to end U.S. reliance on Russian-made...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in favor of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2017, which...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) applauded the passage of the conference report for the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), which passed the...
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WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Thom Tillis (R-NC) today joined in a colloquy on the Senate floor to speak about the...
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Washington, DC – Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), today introduced a resolution with Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John McCain (R-AZ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) applauded the U.S. House of Representative’s passage of the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act today. The legislation...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after voting in favor of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, bipartisan...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after voting to start Senate consideration of the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act and Kate’s...
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July 01, 2016
Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act Signed into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, applauded the signing of their bill, the Female Veterans Suicide Prevention Act (S. 2487), into law. This... -
June 30, 2016
Iowa and Nebraska Senators Introduce Sarah’s Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Ben Sasse (R-NE), introduced Sarah’s Law, legislation to... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued a statement in response to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...
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June 28, 2016
Sen. Ernst Supports Military, Veterans Administration Appropriations; Measure to Combat Zika Virus
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in favor of the conference report on the Fiscal Year 2017 Military... -
June 24, 2016
Senator Ernst Statement on Brexit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement on the United Kingdom’s (UK) decision to leave the European Union... -
June 23, 2016
Ernst Votes Again To Keep Weapons Out Of Hands Of Terrorists, Urges Immediate Action Against ISIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard and member of the Senate committees on Armed Services, and... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), along with Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) applauded Senate passage of the Presidential Allowance Modernization...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, today applauded passage of the Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act (S. 2487) in the U.S. House of...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard and member of the Senate committees on Armed Services, and...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of U.S. Joni Ernst (R-IA) today announced upcoming traveling office hours in all 99 counties across Iowa for the month of July. Representatives from...
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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...