Press Releases
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WASHINGTON – Building on her successful effort to prohibit the Pentagon from procuring electric vehicle (EV) components from any entity that uses child or slave labor, U.S....
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August 03, 2022
Ernst Supports Addition of Finland and Sweden to NATO
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Observer Group, today... -
August 03, 2022
Ernst Measures to Prevent Foreign Influence in Government Contracting, Increase Efficiency Move Through Senate Committee
WASHINGTON – Two of U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) efforts aimed at improving federal procurement advanced in the Senate today. The measures include an effort to... -
August 02, 2022
Ernst Demands U.N. Hold Taliban Accountable for Ongoing Attacks Against Afghan Women and Girls
WASHINGTON— In the wake of the horrific abuses perpetrated by the Taliban against Afghan women and girls, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) co-led a bipartisan letter to the... -
WASHINGTON – After Iranians with direct links to the country’s most prominent designated terrorist organization were detained in Argentina early last month, the Biden...
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July 21, 2022
JUST PASSED: Ernst Effort to Help End Human Trafficking
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) had their bill, the End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022, pass the Senate... -
July 19, 2022
Congress Greenlights Four Ernst Defense Priorities to Strengthen, Protect America’s Homeland
WASHINGTON – Four major defense priorities authored and championed by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to protect America’s homeland are poised to advance one step... -
July 15, 2022
As Gas Prices Soar, Ernst Joins Effort to Protect America’s Oil Reserve, Block Biden’s Sales to China, Russia, Iran
WASHINGTON— As Americans watch gas prices continue to climb, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in introducing the No Emergency Crude Oil for Foreign... -
July 13, 2022
Ernst Works Across the Aisle to Prevent Chinese, Russian Influence in National Security Contracting
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is teaming up with Democratic Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) to call for increased and additional... -
July 12, 2022
Biden Admin Has Failed to Deliver Billions in Humanitarian Aid to Starving Nations. Ernst, Bipartisan Senators Want Answers.
WASHINGTON – As tens of millions face starvation worldwide from Putin’s war on Ukraine, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and a bipartisan group of 12 of her colleagues... -
July 12, 2022
Ahead of Middle East Trip, Ernst Urges Biden to Bolster Region’s Burgeoning Diplomacy, Denounce Iraq’s New Anti-Israel Law
WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Biden’s upcoming trip to the Middle East, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with the other leaders of the bicameral Abraham... -
WASHINGTON—A bipartisan bill supported by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to streamline the...
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May 04, 2022
PASSED: Ernst Measure Preventing China, Russia from Exploiting US Small Business Programs
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the top Republican on the Senate Armed... -
May 04, 2022
Ernst Works to Prevent China and Russia from Exploiting Small Business Research Programs
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, is working to prevent China and Russia from... -
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined the Reaganism podcast with The Reagan Foundation and...
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April 27, 2022
Ernst Meets with Former Members of Ukrainian Parliament, Discusses Need for Additional U.S. Support to Defeat Putin
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, met today with former members of the Parliament of Ukraine to... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the first female combat veteran elected to the Senate and member of the Armed Services Committee, joined a bipartisan group of...
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April 07, 2022
Senate Unanimously Passes Ernst-Backed Measure to Help Speed-Up Lethal Aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON—Overnight, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services... -
WASHINGTON – As Russia’s brutal and lawless invasion of Ukraine continues and in the wake of global backlash from tragic reports emerging of the massacre of civilians...
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WASHINGTON – Over one month since the beginning of Putin’s unjust war on Ukraine, and following a bipartisan Senate delegation visit to Poland and...