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October 07, 2016
Iowa Congressional Delegation Supports Expected Federal Disaster Request for Flooded Areas
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Steve King, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. Rod Blum, Rep. David Young, and Rep. Dave Loebsack sent a letter to Governor Terry... -
October 03, 2016
Ernst Visits Northwest Iowa
Northwest Iowa — Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst was in our area on Monday, talking with Iowans about issues important to them. The Senator was at the Dwight Mogler farm south... -
September 30, 2016
Iowa Congressional Delegation Asks Committee Leaders to Keep Iowa Items in Final Water Bill
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Joni Ernst, Rep. Steve King, Rep. Dave Loebsack, Rep. Rod Blum, and Rep. David Young are asking the top House and Senate committee... -
September 30, 2016
Ernst Statement on Federal Disaster Funding for August Iowa Flooding
Today U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released a statement after President Obama issued a federal disaster declaration for 8 counties in the State of Iowa,... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), sent a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers demanding answers on why they have...
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September 27, 2016
Iowa delegation offering Cedar Rapids flood mitigation amendment
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) -- Members of Iowa's Washington delegation are calling for the Army Corps of Engineers to expedite construction of flood protection for Cedar Rapids. It's part... -
September 20, 2016
Ernst Sends Letter in Support of Governor’s Request for Federal Disaster Declaration
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) sent a letter to President Obama in support of Governor Terry Branstad’s request for a federal major disaster declaration... -
September 13, 2016
Ernst “Worried” About Negative Impact Of Proposed EPA Atrizine Limits
Northwest Iowa — Northwest Iowa farmers would be drastically limited on the amount of a popular herbicide that they would be able to apply to their fields if the... -
September 08, 2016
Senate plan: 'Expedite' Cedar Rapids flood protection system
By B.A. Morelli CEDAR RAPIDS — Not long after local and federal officials acknowledged increasingly grim prospects a Cedar Rapids flood protection system would ever see... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in favor of the Energy & Water Development and Related Agencies...
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April 26, 2016
Ernst supports new energy reform bill
By Brent Barnett (Washington, D.C.) -- Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is speaking out in favor of a new bill promoting energy production. The Red Oak Republican recently voted in... -
April 20, 2016
Ernst Supports Bipartisan Comprehensive Energy Reform Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after voting in support of the bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act (S.2012), a... -
March 23, 2016
Ernst finds a spot in D.C.
By Rebecca Morin WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Fridays, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, sends a little Iowa hospitality — popcorn specially popped from a personal machine in her... -
January 19, 2016
Ernst Remains Committed to Scrapping WOTUS Rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today released the following statement after President Obama vetoed her bipartisan resolution of disapproval (S.J.... -
January 19, 2016
Ernst Joins Iowa Delegation Urging EPA to Set Strong Renewable Fuels Levels, Get RFS Back on Track
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined the entire Iowa congressional delegation, led by Iowa Congressman David Young, in calling on the Environmental... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) resolution of disapproval (S.J. Res. 22) to end the expanded definition of the “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule today...
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January 12, 2016
Ernst: President Ignored Country’s Troubling Reality
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s final State of the Union Address: “First and... -
January 07, 2016
House to take up bill blocking EPA water rule
House Republicans will begin considering a bill next week to block implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule setting federal regulatory power over... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after President Obama once again rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would authorize...
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November 16, 2015
Opinion: Senator Joni Ernst says EPA's WOTUS 'ill-conceived'
As published in: Agri-Pulse Recently, a bipartisan majority of U.S. Senators voted to close the floodgates on Washington bureaucrats determined to sink farmers, homebuilders, and...