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WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) condemned the leadership failures that have allowed antisemitic violence and pro-Hamas propaganda to skyrocket on American...
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April 29, 2024
Ernst Demands Biden Halt TikTok Use
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Representative Troy E. Nehls (R-Texas) called on President Joe Biden to suspend his use of TikTok as long as it is owned by a... -
April 24, 2024
Ernst-Secured Investigation Will Prevent U.S. Defense Dollars From Being Diverted to Chinese Research
WASHINGTON – After the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General announced it began the Ernst-secured audit into all U.S. defense dollars diverted to Communist... -
April 23, 2024
Ernst Statement on Protecting National Security
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement: “President Biden’s appeasement has invited chaos across the globe; Putin has shown no signs... -
April 23, 2024
Ernst Calls on Biden Admin to Protect Jewish Students from Pro-Hamas, Anti-Semitic Mobs
WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in demanding Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona restore order to campuses... -
April 21, 2024
Ernst, Cortez Masto Strengthen Strategic Relationships with Pacific Islands to Counter Chinese Aggression
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced a bipartisan bill to strengthen the United States’ strategic partnerships with Pacific... -
April 17, 2024
Ernst Ensures Tax Dollars Aren’t Arming Iran
WASHINGTON – Following Iran’s attack on Israel, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) questioned Biden’s Department of Energy (DoE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm on the integrity of... -
April 12, 2024
Ernst, Warren Announce Bipartisan Bill to Mitigate Blast Overpressure and Protect Servicemembers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation that would direct... -
April 11, 2024
Ernst Fights to Restore Free Speech on College Campuses
WASHINGTON — As left-wing activists on college campuses continue to erode American students’ First Amendment rights and attack Jewish students following Hamas’s brutal assault on... -
April 10, 2024
Ernst Demands State Department Review Qatar’s Designation
WASHINGTON – As Qatar continues to host Hamas, a designated terrorist organization holding Americans hostage, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined legislation to force the U.S.... -
March 26, 2024
Ernst, Budd Call on Qatar to Expel Hamas Leaders
WASHINGTON — After reports that Hamas refused the latest U.S.-brokered hostage offer, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) issued a statement calling on the... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced the Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst released the following statement after the Israeli Defense Forces confirmed American citizen Itay Chen was killed by Iran-backed Hamas on...
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March 12, 2024
Ernst: Do More to Bring Hostages Home
WASHINGTON – After the death of American citizen Itay Chen was confirmed, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) shared his family’s story and expressed the need to fully hold... -
March 08, 2024
Ernst Statement on the State of Biden’s Union
WASHINGTON – Following President Biden’s State of the Union address this evening, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement: “You can’t put lipstick on a... -
March 06, 2024
Ernst: Biden Has Failed the American People
WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address tomorrow, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) urged the president to take a look at the state of our country. She... -
February 26, 2024
Ernst Calls to End Taxpayer-Funded Terrorism and Border Disorder
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is working to permanently end U.S. taxpayer funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and redirect the unspent... -
February 15, 2024
Ernst Demands Answers for “Fowl” Play
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is demanding answers to why the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding a collaboration with a Chinese Communist... -
February 13, 2024
Ernst Statement on Reversing Biden’s Crises at Home and Abroad
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement: “By strengthening and equipping America to push back against our adversaries’ aggression, Congress... -
February 08, 2024
Ernst Hosts Bipartisan Press Conference with Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Hostage Families
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fl.) hosted Israeli families of hostages abducted by Hamas terrorists and members of the...