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WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led a meeting with Rich Cordray, President Biden’s Chief Operating Officer for the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), and...
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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) blasted Biden’s Department of Education for their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) fiasco. The administration’s...
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April 30, 2024
Ernst Calls Out the Biden Administration for Picking Winners and Losers in the Updated GREET Model Announcement
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has long worked to ensure the Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy use in Transportation (GREET) model qualifies as an... -
April 16, 2024
Ernst Demands Biden Prioritize E15 Before Summer
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined a bipartisan group of members of the Senate Agriculture Committee in urging President Biden to permit the summertime sale of... -
April 09, 2024
Ernst Improves Crop Insurance with FARMER Act
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Agriculture Committee Ranking Member John Boozman (R-Ark.) in leading the FARMER Act.... -
LAMONI, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) hosted a roundtable at Graceland University for Iowa students, families, administrators, and other stakeholders to share how they...
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WASHINGTON – During National Agriculture Week, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is calling out the Biden administration's failure to prioritize trade. Ernst joined her colleagues in...
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March 13, 2024
Ernst Expands Investigation on Impact of USDA’s Telework
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s... -
March 05, 2024
Ernst Stands Up for Local Meat and Poultry Processors
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, are calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... -
February 29, 2024
Ernst Calls on Vilsack to Conduct Critical USDA Oversight
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, questioned Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tom Vilsack on... -
February 22, 2024
Ernst Statement on EPA’s Final E15 Rule
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final... -
February 15, 2024
Ernst Demands Answers for “Fowl” Play
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is demanding answers to why the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding a collaboration with a Chinese Communist... -
February 12, 2024
Ernst Fights for Farm Families Cut Out of College Aid
WASHINGTON – Considering the Department of Education’s (Ed) failure to provide farm families with transparency surrounding Ed’s botched rollout of the Free Application for Federal... -
February 05, 2024
Ernst Statement on Bill Northey’s Legacy
WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement honoring the life of Iowan Bill Northey, who passed away today. “Bill Northey dedicated his life to Iowa... -
February 02, 2024
Ernst Works to Shut Down CCP-Linked Marijuana Farms
WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Senator Angus King (I-Maine), Congressman Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Congressman Jared Golden (D-Maine), and Congressman David Valadao... -
February 01, 2024
Ernst Fighting Against Unfair FAFSA Changes for Iowa Farm Families
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) stood up for Iowa farm families who have been negatively impacted by the Biden administration’s botched student aid roll... -
February 01, 2024
Ernst and Grassley Release FAFSA Factsheet
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today published an FAQ-style factsheet on the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are working to accelerate the...
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January 16, 2024
Ernst, Fetterman Protect Integrity of Eggs for Farmers, Consumers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) introduced the bipartisan Consistent Egg Labels Act to create clear guidelines for the Food and Drug... -
July 14, 2023
Ernst, Grassley Work to Protect Food Security
WASHINGTON – Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.),...