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March 24, 2017
Ernst Statement on approval of Keystone XL Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst issued the following statement in response to the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline permit by the State Department... -
March 02, 2017
Ernst Statement on Perry Confirmation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed... -
March 01, 2017
Senator Ernst, Mayor Corbett Highlight the Need for Completion of Flood Mitigation Projects in Iowa
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), shed light on the urgent need for proper flood control and... -
March 01, 2017
Senate Confirms Zinke for Interior Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke to be Secretary of... -
February 28, 2017
Senator Ernst Statement Following President Trump’s Address to a Joint Session of Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst tonight issued a statement following President Donald Trump’s first address to a Joint Session of Congress: “For the... -
February 28, 2017
Ernst Statement on the Need to Protect and Maintain RFS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued the following statement after differing reports emerged over... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today led a letter along with Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Ed Markey (D-MA) to Environmental Protection...
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February 17, 2017
Ernst Leads Letter to EPA Calling for Solution to Costly, Burdensome Ethanol Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today led a letter along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Pat Roberts (R-KS), and John Thune (R-SD) to... -
February 17, 2017
Senator Ernst Statement on Pruitt Confirmation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the United States Senate... -
February 08, 2017
Ernst Highlights Flawed Cost-Benefit Metrics in Flood Mitigation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today emphasized to Anthony Pratt, Administrator, Delaware Department of... -
February 01, 2017
Ernst Expresses Disappointment in Democrats’ Refusal to Attend Committee Vote on Pruitt
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works (EPW), today expressed her disappointment over her Democratic... -
January 24, 2017
Ernst Applauds Actions to Advance Keystone, Dakota Access Pipelines
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement following President Trump’s executive actions to advance the Keystone XL and Dakota... -
January 18, 2017
Ernst Continues Questioning of Pruitt at Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today continued her questioning of President-elect Trump's nominee... -
January 18, 2017
Ernst Questions Pruitt Over RFS at Confirmation Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today questioned President-elect Trump's nominee for Administrator of the... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today met with President-elect Trump's nominee for Secretary of Energy, former Texas Governor Rick Perry. Following...
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January 12, 2017
Fischer, Ernst Introduce Senate Resolution Against “WOTUS”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), both members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, introduced a... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, today met with President-elect Trump's Administrator of...
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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 21, 2016
Ernst Announces Committee Assignments for 115th Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst announced her four Senate committee assignments for the 115th Congress. The Iowa Senator will serve on the following Senate... -
December 19, 2016
President Signs Water Infrastructure Bill into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued a statement after President Obama signed the Water Infrastructure Improvements Act for the Nation (WIIN) into law, which...
