Press Releases
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Joni Ernst released the following statement today, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed volume requirements under the...
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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 Energy & Water Development and Related Agencies...
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May 11, 2016
Ernst’s Prove It Act Passes Small Business Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) Prove It Act of 2016 today passed out of the Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee and now heads to the full... -
WASHINGTON – In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst requested more information from the United States Department of...
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April 27, 2016
Ernst Introduces Prove It Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced the Prove It Act of 2016, legislation that increases transparency within the federal rulemaking process, especially... -
April 20, 2016
Ernst Encourages Support of 4-H
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate has unanimously approved a bipartisan resolution co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, in support of 4-H and its... -
April 13, 2016
Sens. Moran and Ernst Introduce Legislation to Encourage New Generation of Agriculture Producers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee, and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) this week introduced the... -
April 06, 2016
Overview of Ernst Subcommittee Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a Senate Agriculture Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy hearing today, Chairman Joni Ernst stressed the need to... -
April 06, 2016
Sen. Joni Ernst Delivers Opening Remarks at Senate Ag Subcommittee Hearing on USDA Rural Development Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, today delivered the... -
April 04, 2016
Ernst Supports Protections for Trade Secrets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a co-sponsor of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, today released the following statement following strong, bipartisan... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, today led a bipartisan letter co-signed by U.S. Senators...
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March 24, 2016
Sen. Joni Ernst to Chair Senate Subcommittee Hearing on USDA Rural Development Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, will... -
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) made the following comments in honor of National Agriculture Week (March 13-19, 2016) and National Agriculture Day (March 15, 2016), which appeared...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in support of the bipartisan Biotechnology Labeling Solutions bill:...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Agriculture Biotechnology Labeling Solutions Markup, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today voted in support of Committee Chairman Pat...
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February 19, 2016
Ernst Statement on Dow-DuPont Merger Announcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement following news that the agricultural company that will emerge from the Dow-DuPont merger will not... -
January 21, 2016
Ernst Participates in Post-9/11 Veterans Caucus Briefing with former Navy SEAL and Iowa Bison Farmer Jathan Chicoine
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As a founding member of the Senate’s bipartisan Post 9/11 Veterans Caucus, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today took part in the caucus’ “Veterans and... -
January 21, 2016
Ernst Urges Override of President Obama’s Veto of WOTUS Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting to override President Obama’s veto of her bipartisan... -
January 19, 2016
Ernst Remains Committed to Scrapping WOTUS Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after President Obama vetoed her bipartisan resolution of disapproval (S.J.... -
January 19, 2016
Ernst Joins Iowa Delegation Urging EPA to Set Strong Renewable Fuels Levels, Get RFS Back on Track
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined the entire Iowa congressional delegation, led by Iowa Congressman David Young, in calling on the Environmental...