Press Releases
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July 26, 2015
Sen. Ernst Votes to Repeal and Replace ObamaCare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after voting for a procedural measure to repeal and replace ObamaCare: “Today's... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) will host a town meeting in Pocahontas County as part of her 99 county tour on August 1st. This town meeting is open to...
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WASHINGTON— Led by Sen. Chuck Grassley, all members of the Iowa congressional delegation have added their support for Gov. Terry Branstad’s request for a federal declaration of a...
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Resolution recognizes organization’s commitment to empowering women entrepreneurs. (Washington, DC) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), Chairman of the Small Business &...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) led a bipartisan group of 49 of her fellow senators today in a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary...
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July 21, 2015
Peters-Ernst Provision Included in Senate Finance Committee Tax Credit Extension Package
Tax Credit Helps Small Businesses Provide Differential Pay to Reservists Called to Active Duty WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Finance Committee today approved a package of tax credit... -
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) today led a bipartisan group of 36 senators in urging the...
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July 17, 2015
Hirono & Ernst Fight To Help Improve Seniors’ Access To Care With New Bipartisan Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senators Mazie K. Hirono and Joni Ernst (R-IA) are fighting to increase access to telemedicine for Medicare patients in new legislation introduced this week. The... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after voting for passage of the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA): “As a mother...
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July 14, 2015
Sen. Ernst Statement on Iran Nuclear Deal
“Iran’s quarter century effort to obtain a nuclear weapon and long-standing support for terrorism will not subside overnight. We also cannot trust that Iran is complying with... -
July 10, 2015
Sen. Joni Ernst to Hold Town Meeting in Mahaska County
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) will host a town meeting in Mahaska County as part of her 99 county tour on July 18th. This town meeting is open to the... -
“…out of the millions and millions of birds that have been infected and destroyed, two thirds of those birds were from Iowa… I just want to reemphasize it’s not only devastating...
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July 07, 2015
Sen. Ernst Stresses Devastating Harm of Avian Flu on Iowa Farm Families and Communities at Senate Ag Committee Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing entitled, “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: The Impact on the U.S. Poultry Sector and... -
July 07, 2015
Sen. Ernst Highlights Need to Directly Assist Kurdish Peshmerga in Fight Against ISIS at Armed Services Committee Hearing
“…considering the fall of the most western part of Iraq to ISIS, that didn't trigger a decision point on the part of the Iraqi government and its commitment to Iraq…I'm not sure... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court overturned the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals...
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June 26, 2015
Sen. Ernst Highlights OPM Failures Due to Poor Project Management, Raises Questions Over How Many Others Were Impacted
“…serious concerns regarding OPM’s management of its new IT project… I can’t overstate the importance of project management, particularly with respect to projects as complex... -
June 26, 2015
Hatch, Blunt, Ernst Introduce Legislation to Reduce Outdated Regulations, Spur Job Creation and Economic Growth
Washington, D.C.—Lawmakers today proposed a new approach to tackling the problems posed by outdated regulations. U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Joni... -
June 25, 2015
Bipartisan Group of Senators Call on President Obama to Take Action on VA Inspector General
“Permanent leadership of the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General is long overdue” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a bipartisan group of United States Senators,... -
June 25, 2015
Sen. Ernst Introduces Iowa Farm Bureau President to Testify Before the Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing on COOL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Hearing entitled, “Country of Origin Labeling and Trade Retaliation: What’s at state for... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued a ruling in King v. Burwell. The court sided with the Obama...