Press Releases
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August 08, 2025
ICYMI: Ernst Slamming the Brakes on Off the Rails Boondoggles
WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released a bombshell report last week exposing taxpayer-funded boondoggles that are more than $1 billion over... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the Biomanufacturing and Jobs Act to expand...
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August 06, 2025
Ernst Pushes to Remove Regulatory Roadblocks, Expand Consumer Access to Homegrown Biofuels
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is working to eliminate unnecessary barriers and make it easier for Americans to fuel... -
August 04, 2025
Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Hall Roberts’ Son
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Hall Roberts’ Son of Allamakee... -
August 04, 2025
Ernst, Padilla Celebrate National Farmers Market Week
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) announced a bipartisan resolution to recognize and celebrate National Farmers Market Week from... -
WASHINGTON – After her years of advocacy led to the defunding of the California Crazy Train, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is releasing an explosive new report exposing other...
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WASHINGTON – After leading the fight against Democrat efforts to block a key Trump nominee, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)...
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WASHINGTON – Following her work exposing out-of-office bureaucrats and advocating for D.C. headquarters to be moved out of the beltway bubble, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)...
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July 30, 2025
Ernst Bipartisan Bills Exposing Boondoggles and Secret Spending Advance out of Committee Unanimously
WASHINGTON – A pair of U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) bills to expose billion dollar boondoggles and secret spending in Washington advanced unanimously out of the Senate... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Small Business Chairman Roger Williams (R-Texas) are...
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July 29, 2025
Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Sweets by Keke
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Sweets by Keke of Chickasaw County.... -
July 25, 2025
Ernst Protects American Innovation from the CCP
WASHINGTON – During a U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) touted her report that uncovered loopholes and a lack of... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is working to modernize outdated U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) systems that...
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WASHINGTON – After recently scoring a major victory in her longstanding fight to overturn the harmful expansion of the “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, U.S. Senator Joni...
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July 23, 2025
Ernst Pushes to Safeguard American Innovation From China
WASHINGTON – After releasing a bombshell report detailing how critical technology is vulnerable to espionage by the Chinese Communist Party, Senate Small Business and... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced that Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
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RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Sponheim Sales and Services of...
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July 16, 2025
Ernst Stops Secret Pentagon Spending
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) secured a major win for taxpayers in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 with the... -
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship advanced a pair of Chair Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) bills to unleash domestic manufacturing and hold COVID...
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July 16, 2025
Ernst Supports Mental Health Care for Iowa Farmers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the bipartisan Farmers First Act to support access to critical mental health resources for Iowa...
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