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After weeks of dragging their feet, and under bipartisan pressure, on Tuesday the Biden administration finally took steps to ban imports of oil and natural gas from Russia. As...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, are seeking to cut red tape and streamline the sprawling...
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WASHINGTON—With the national debt hurdling over $30 trillion—and America’s total foreign-owned national debt exceeding $7.7 trillion—U.S. Senator...
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March 11, 2022
ICYMI: Ernst Leads 41 Colleagues in Urging Biden to Expedite Aircraft and Defense Systems to Ukraine
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is continuing to push President Biden to work... -
March 10, 2022
Ernst Backs Urgent Lethal Aid for Ukraine, Landmark Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement after supporting urgent lethal aid for Ukraine in their fight against Russia’s unlawful and murderous... -
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, urged the Biden administration to act immediately...
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WASHINGTON—Following the Defense Department’s decision to reject Poland’s plans to provide MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Mitt Romney...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today slammed President Biden for working with Russia—the same country that is invading Ukraine and murdering innocent civilians—as well...
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WASHINGTON—As gas prices hit all-time record highs, and with the U.S. banning Russian oil, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are calling for American...
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WASHINGTON—After speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services...
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March 08, 2022
Ernst on Decision to Ban Russian Oil
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, reacted today after President Biden announced his decision to ban imports of oil and... -
March 05, 2022
Joni Ernst: Ukraine's military desperately needs more lethal aid and Congress must step up
The shock and horror of Russian President Vladimir Putin's lawless and bloody invasion of Ukraine are giving way to the fog of war. Exact data on casualty counts, the progress of... -
President Biden’s first State of the Union Address came as nearly everything in our country is looking “up.” Consumer prices, violent crime, our national debt, illegal border...
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WASHINGTON—As disturbing images surface in the wake of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran who served over 23 years in...
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WASHINGTON—As Senate Democrats delay action to support Ukraine, and instead waste precious time in the U.S. Senate on bills unrelated to the ongoing Russian war of...
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March 03, 2022
Ernst Leads Calls for Sanctions on Putin-Led Group, Cronies Attempting to Assassinate Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
WASHINGTON—Amid reporting that Vladimir Putin has hired hundreds of mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr... -
March 02, 2022
Ernst Reacts to President Biden’s State of the Union Address, Praises Governor Reynolds’ Response
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) responded to tonight’s State of the Union address by President Biden—citing the domestic and international crises facing the nation... -
WASHINGTON – At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) hearing this morning, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) pressed Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. Secretary of...
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March 02, 2022
Amid Concerns About Avian Influenza, African Swine Fever, Ernst Wants to Give More ‘Bark’ to US Detection Program
WASHINGTON – Following a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Iowa today and cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) found in Haiti and the... -
March 01, 2022
Ernst Shares Personal Connection to Ukraine, Calls for Action to Support Ukrainian People, Unleash American Energy Sector
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today shared her experience from an agriculture exchange in Ukraine in 1989,...
