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June 28, 2017
Senator Ernst Seeks to Improve Flexibility & Choice for Medically Retired Servicemembers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and combat veteran, today introduced the Health Equity and Access for Returning... -
WASHINGTON – A bill was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday to end a practice that inadvertently penalizes some medically retired servicemembers by forcing them to pay...
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June 22, 2017
Ernst Statement on Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst issued the following response on the health care reform legislation: “The draft was just released, so I am carefully looking... -
June 21, 2017
Ernst: Health Care Status Quo Unsustainable in Iowa
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today spoke on the Senate floor about the unsustainable and unaffordable health care system under ObamaCare. Click here or the... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after her meeting at the White House this afternoon on health care reform: “We had a...
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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), as well as U.S. Representatives Tom Reed...
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United States Senator Joni Ernst recently re-introduced a bill to help veterans receive treatment through the internet. The Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017...
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April 25, 2017
Ernst, Hirono Continue Push for VETS Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators and members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced the Veterans... -
April 25, 2017
Bills would expand VA telehealth services across state lines
WASHINGTON — Telehealth services for veterans have expanded dramatically in recent years, but a group of lawmakers worries that federal rules governing that remote... -
April 13, 2017
Ernst-Black Legislation to Restore States’ Ability to Make Funding Decisions for Title X Providers Signed by President
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Donald Trump signed into law U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Congressman Diane Black’s (TN-06) bicameral legislation to overturn an... -
February 24, 2017
Grassley, Ernst Seek Answers from Justice Department on Troubled Iowa Nursing Home
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Joni Ernst are asking the Justice Department to explain the penalties against an Iowa nursing home that was ordered closed and... -
February 16, 2017
Ernst Applauds House Passage of Resolution to Restore States’ Ability to Decide Best Eligible Health Providers for Citizens
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst today issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed bicameral legislation she introduced along with... -
February 14, 2017
Ernst Asks Administration to Relieve Americans of ObamaCare Burdens
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst joined a group of her Senate colleagues in sending a letter to recently confirmed Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)... -
February 10, 2017
Senator Joni Ernst Statement on Price
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed Congressman Tom Price, M.D. for Secretary of the United... -
January 12, 2017
Senate Takes Step Toward ObamaCare Repeal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the United States Senate took a step toward repealing ObamaCare. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Senate... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) re-introduced the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act, paving the...
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December 23, 2016
Ernst Highlights 2016 Initiatives and Victories Led on Behalf of Iowans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After traveling the state and hearing from Iowans firsthand on her second 99 county tour as Iowa’s U.S. Senator, Joni Ernst (R-IA) has worked to turn that... -
December 07, 2016
21st Century Cures Passes Senate with Ernst Support
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) voted in support of the 21st Century Cures Act, legislation that provides additional critical resources to support... -
November 29, 2016
Momentum Continues to Build for Credit for Caring Act
Earlier this year, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced the bipartisan Credit for Caring Act, which... -
November 28, 2016
Senator Ready for New Congressional Year
Born and raised in southwest Iowa, I grew up on our family hog, soybean and corn farm. As a child, I was taught by my parents the values many Iowans share: hard work, service and...
