Press Releases
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), members of the Senate Opportunity Coalition, announced they will introduce the Economic...
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June 22, 2017
Ernst Statement on Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst issued the following response on the health care reform legislation: “The draft was just released, so I am carefully looking... -
June 22, 2017
Senators Coons, Ernst, Grassley, and Reed introduce bipartisan bill to expand and support teacher leadership opportunities
WASHINGTON- U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and Jack Reed (D-RI) today introduced the Teachers Are Leaders Act, which would create... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today put forward legislation to create a career...
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June 21, 2017
Ernst: Health Care Status Quo Unsustainable in Iowa
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today spoke on the Senate floor about the unsustainable and unaffordable health care system under ObamaCare. Click here or the... -
June 15, 2017
Senate Approves Additional Sanctions on Russia, Iran
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), today issued the following statement after the United States Senate voted to strengthen sanctions against Iran and Russia... -
June 14, 2017
Senator Ernst Continued to Push to Expand Access to E15
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, continued to push for legislation she cosponsored that would... -
*Please Note: Senator Ernst will not be at the traveling office hours* WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) regional directors will hold traveling office hours...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced the bipartisan Leadership...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services’ Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee, questioned Secretary of Defense...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after her meeting at the White House this afternoon on health care reform: “We had a...
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June 12, 2017
Ernst Applauds End of Ban on U.S. Beef Imports to China
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the following statement on the news... -
June 08, 2017
Ernst, Tester Push for Extension of Critical Suicide Prevention Training in National Guard, Reserves
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, and Jon Tester (D-MT), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, introduced... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Dean Heller of Nevada, and Joni Ernst of Iowa, who worked together to address sexual violence on college campuses,...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran, today applauded Senate passage of the bipartisan Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Accountability and Whistleblower...
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June 06, 2017
Ernst Pleased with Resolution Over Sugar Dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today applauded the announcement by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, along with his Mexican counterpart Secretary of... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, applauded U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin’s announcement to discontinue...
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May 25, 2017
Johnson, Ernst Whistleblower Bill Passes Senate
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran,... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, and Joe Manchin (D-WV) sent a letter to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Lisa...