Press Releases
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WASHINGTON – Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are leading a bipartisan effort directing increased federal...
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May 15, 2023
Ernst Backs the Blue During National Police Week
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) and 37 of her Senate Republican colleagues in leading the Back the Blue Act, which would increase... -
WASHINGTON — As Title 42 is set to expire this evening, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is urging the Biden administration to implement Republican-led solutions to secure the...
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WASHINGTON – Since Joe Biden took office, over 5.5 million illegal immigrants have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. Instead of securing the border, the president ended construction...
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May 03, 2023
Ernst Calls on Biden Admin to Stop China’s Attempt to Steal Data, Undercut Iowa-Based Companies
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined her colleagues in calling on the Biden administration to impose... -
May 03, 2023
Ernst Fights to Protect Iowa Kids Online
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is working across the aisle to protect children online and hold Big Tech accountable by supporting the Kids Online Safety Act. “Our... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her Senate colleagues in support of the Equal Campus Access Act of 2023 to ensure religious student organizations will not face...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced the No Funds for Enablers of Adversarial...
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March 09, 2023
VIDEO: Ernst: D.C. Crime Bill Sacrifices Safety on the Religious Altar of the Ultra-Progressive Social Justice Agenda
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today took to the Senate floor to slam D.C. Democrats’ dangerous, soft-on-crime policy, describing the effort as sacrificing “the... -
March 07, 2023
Ernst Relays Iowans’ Concerns on Government Overreach, Pushes Back on Biden’s Radical Agenda
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted what one Iowan called the “hand of big government” at her Jasper County town hall meeting last weekend, relaying... -
February 27, 2023
Ernst Meets With Iowa National Guard in Poland
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard, and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee,... -
February 14, 2023
Ernst Pushes Biden, Democrats to Get Serious About Fentanyl Epidemic, Drug Cartels
WASHINGTON – After hearing directly from Border Patrol at the California-Mexico border and meeting with Mexican officials, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the... -
February 10, 2023
After Visit to Southern Border, Ernst Renews Efforts to Increase Penalties on Individuals Who Fuel Border Crisis, Fentanyl Epidemic
WASHINGTON – After visiting the California-Mexico border last weekend, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is renewing two of her... -
February 08, 2023
ICYMI: Ernst Returns from Border, Mexico with Solutions to Biden’s Border Crisis, Fentanyl Epidemic
WASHINGTON – After leading a bicameral Congressional delegation to the San Diego sector of the U.S.-Mexico border and Mexico City, Mexico, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is sharing... -
February 07, 2023
Ernst: Under President Biden, the State of Our Union is More Expensive and Less Safe
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Republican Policy Committee, released the following statement tonight upon the conclusion of President Joe Biden’s State... -
February 07, 2023
As the Fentanyl Epidemic Rages Across the Country, Ernst Leads Bicameral Congressional Delegation to San Diego and Mexico City
WASHINGTON – As the fentanyl epidemic rages across the country, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led a bicameral Congressional delegation – which included Representatives Randy... -
January 31, 2023
Senator Ernst Honors Sarah Root 7 Years After Her Death
WASHINGTON – Today, seven years after Sarah Root’s death, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) honored Sarah and highlighted her renewed effort, Sarah’s Law, which would bring justice... -
January 31, 2023
On 7th Anniversary of Sarah Root’s Death, Ernst, Feenstra Renew Push for Sarah’s Law
WASHINGTON – On the 7th anniversary of Sarah Root’s death, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) are renewing... -
January 25, 2023
Ernst: An Open Border Is A Drug Lord’s Dream
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) took to the Senate floor today to slam the Biden administration for their devastating mismanagement of the catastrophe at the Southern... -
December 21, 2022
As Biden Looks to Repeal Title 42 and Sues Border State Over Building a Barrier, Democrats Block Ernst’s Effort to Secure the Border
WASHINGTON – As the Biden administration looks to repeal Title 42, Senate Democrats today blocked a commonsense, cost-saving effort by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to...