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August 24, 2019
Ernst’s Bipartisan Bill to Assist Veterans Signed into Law
RED OAK, Iowa—One of U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) bipartisan bills aimed at assisting veterans in Iowa and across the country, was signed into law yesterday by President Trump.... -
July 23, 2019
The Ripon Advance: Senate committee advances Ernst’s bipartisan veterans healthcare bill
The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 16 advanced a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) to improve healthcare services for America’s... -
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, continues her work for veterans in Iowa and across the country. This week her bipartisan bill to help streamline...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), the first female combat veteran elected to the Senate, took to the Senate floor this week with a number of her fellow lawmakers to...
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June 10, 2019
On Heels of 75th Anniversary of D-Day, Ernst Leads Bipartisan Effort to Recognize WWII Army Rangers
WASHINGTON – On the heels of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, retired lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), is teaming up with her... -
It was 1989, the summer after my freshman year at Iowa State University, and I was on a plane to the Soviet Union. Through Iowa State, I was fortunate enough to participate in an...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, spoke at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing urging her colleagues to support her bill that ensures veterans...
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May 20, 2019
Ernst Works to Improve Mitigation and Treatment of Blast Exposure Injuries in Servicemembers
WASHINGTON—Building off of her efforts from last Congress to support servicemembers impacted by traumatic brain injury (TBI), U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), the first female... -
WASHINGTON—During National Military Appreciation Month, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)—a combat veteran and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats...
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March 07, 2019
Ernst Pushes Two Bipartisan Bills to Help Veterans in Crisis
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, has introduced two bipartisan bills to help Iowa veterans, and those across the country,... -
March 06, 2019
Ernst, Duckworth Seek to Eliminate Discrepancy in Small Business Contracting That Puts Women, Veterans at a Disadvantage
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), the first two women combat veterans to serve in the Senate, are working to eliminate a... -
WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) will serve on five prominent Senate committees in the 116th Congress, all of which impact the livelihoods of Iowans. “My Senate committees...
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January 04, 2019
The Messenger: Sen. Joni Ernst is right
Suicides are all-too-common in our nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, they [were] the 10th leading cause of death in the United States in 2015.... -
December 25, 2018
Radio Iowa: Ernst touts Pentagon requirement to track, treat soldiers’ brain injuries
Republican Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran, says one of her top legislative accomplishments this past year was a collaboration with one of the Senate’s most liberal... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide answers for the agency’s lackluster performance when...
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December 19, 2018
AUDIO NEWS RELEASE (ANR): Senator Ernst Reflects on 2018
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released audio of her year-end message highlighting her hard work for the people of Iowa over this past year. ... -
November 13, 2018
KIMT: Speaker at Charles City Schools’ Veterans Day ceremony says the makeup of veterans is changing
Speaking with those at the Comet Gym at Charles City Middle School during their yearly Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, Maria Deike says that the current makeup of veterans is... -
November 09, 2018
Sens. Ernst and Grassley Seek Answers and Solutions from VA to Reduce Veteran Homelessness in Iowa
Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today sent a letter to Robert Wilkie, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, to better understand why... -
November 07, 2018
Sens. Ernst and Grassley Seek Answers and Solutions from VA to Reduce Veteran Homelessness in Iowa
WASHINGTON – Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today sent a letter to Robert Wilkie, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, to better... -
IOWA CITY — U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley sent a letter Tuesday to the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System with questions about allegations of improperly...