Press Releases
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January 19, 2017
Ernst Statement on Agriculture Secretary Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, issued a statement today following President-elect... -
January 18, 2017
Ernst Continues Questioning of Pruitt at Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today continued her questioning of President-elect Trump's nominee... -
January 18, 2017
Ernst Questions Pruitt Over RFS at Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today questioned President-elect Trump's nominee for Administrator of the... -
January 18, 2017
Ernst to Chair Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), the first female combat veteran to serve in the Senate and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today met with President-elect Trump's nominee for Secretary of Energy, former Texas Governor Rick Perry. Following...
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January 12, 2017
Fischer, Ernst Introduce Senate Resolution Against “WOTUS”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), both members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, introduced a... -
January 12, 2017
Senate Takes Step Toward ObamaCare Repeal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the United States Senate took a step toward repealing ObamaCare. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Senate... -
January 11, 2017
Ernst Statement on VA Secretary Nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, issued a statement today following President-elect Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Dr.... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) re-introduced the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act, paving the...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today met with President-elect Trump's nominee for...
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today met with President-elect Trump's nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), U.S. Representative John Michael “Mick” Mulvaney of...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) has co-sponsored the Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act in the 115th Congress which requires...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, today met with President-elect Trump's Administrator of...
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January 05, 2017
Ernst Presses Intelligence Officials on Utilization of National Guard Units in U.S. Cyber Defense
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on “Foreign Cyber Threats to the United States”, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) pressed the Commander of the... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today met with President-elect Trump's Small...
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January 05, 2017
Iowa and Nebraska Senators Lead Way in Re-Introducing 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), today re-introduced Sarah’s Law –... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today joined U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) in introducing a Senate resolution objecting to the...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today met with President-elect Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security nominee, retired General John Kelly. Following the...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today met with President-elect Trump's Secretary of...
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December 23, 2016
Ernst Highlights 2016 Initiatives and Victories Led on Behalf of Iowans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After traveling the state and hearing from Iowans firsthand on her second 99 county tour as Iowa’s U.S. Senator, Joni Ernst (R-IA) has worked to turn that...