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January 18, 2018
Ernst on Meeting with Mulvaney: We Must Work Together to Ensure Iowa Receives Authorized Assistance for Flood Mitigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), hosted a meeting in her office with Senator Chuck... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) again pushed for a commitment from Lieutenant General Todd T....
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December 22, 2017
2017 Ernst Initiatives and Victories for Iowa
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As 2017 comes to a close, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released a series of initiatives and victories she led throughout the year on behalf of Iowans.... -
December 20, 2017
Ernst supports one of America’s great conservation programs
For 52 years the Land and Water Conservation Fund has supported projects across the Country that provide important recreational access for hunting and fishing, neighborhood parks... -
December 06, 2017
Ernst Receives Commitments to Improve Flood Project Funding Formula
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the committee, received commitments from the... -
November 30, 2017
Ernst Statement on Final RFS RVO Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public... -
November 29, 2017
Iowa applauds EPA’s decision on ‘Point of Obligation’ for biofuels
EPA denies the request by petroleum refiners to change who is responsible for blending ethanol into gasoline. The Iowa renewable fuels industry, along with corn and soybean... -
November 22, 2017
Ernst Statement on Protecting the RFS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works,... -
October 25, 2017
Iowan Paul Trombino Cleared by Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, released the following statement after the committee voted to approve... -
October 24, 2017
Editorial: Ernst comes through for farmers, Iowa
Junior senator’s hard-ball approach wins concessions from EPA Politicians from Iowa — the nation’s No. 1 producer of ethanol — and Nebraska — the... -
October 24, 2017
Editorial: Ernst comes through for farmers, Iowa
Junior senator’s hard-ball approach wins concessions from EPA Politicians from Iowa — the nation’s No. 1 producer of ethanol — and Nebraska — the... -
October 22, 2017
OUR OPINION: Positive Renewable Fuel Standard signs emerge
We will embrace only cautious optimism until the ink is dry on final new rules expected sometime before the end of next month, but positive signs related to the Renewable Fuel... -
WASHINGTON — Iowa and Nebraska politicians on Friday hailed as a triumph Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s embrace of policies favorable to...
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October 21, 2017
Ernst: About-face by EPA is a ‘huge victory’ for Iowa farmers
WASHINGTON — Iowa and Nebraska politicians on Friday hailed as a triumph Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s embrace of policies favorable to... -
October 20, 2017
Iowa political, ag leaders celebrate ethanol win
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) -- A push by Iowa lawmakers and ag groups to keep promised amounts of ethanol in the nation’s fuel supplied has paid off. On Wednesday,... -
October 20, 2017
Ernst: Iowa wins on biofuels issue
DAVENPORT - U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was declaring victory late Thursday, after EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt notified her and other lawmakers it’s likely that volume... -
October 20, 2017
Ernst says EPA Administrator’s letter on RFS policy ‘the clincher’
Senator Joni Ernst today said the EPA’s administrator has promised the agency will set 2018 biofuel production mandates at or higher than current levels. EPA... -
Iowa’s junior U.S. Senator Joni Ernst says she now has it in writing from the Environmental Protection Agency it will uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard. She got the news...
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October 19, 2017
Senator Ernst Receives Key Commitments for Iowa from EPA Administrator Pruitt to Support the Spirit and the Letter of the RFS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to concerns U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) previously outlined, including in a meeting earlier this week, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... -
October 19, 2017
Ernst Continues Fight for Assurances Over RFS
Yesterday, U.S. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, made clear that she would not support the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
