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U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is fighting to make it easier for veterans to access mental health treatment, while at the same time incentivizing the Department of Veterans Affairs...
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September 28, 2017
Ernst Continues Fight to Improve Mental Health Care for Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran, re-introduced the Prioritizing Veterans’ Access to Mental Health Care Act. This legislation provides veterans... -
September 08, 2017
Grassley, Ernst Urge Evaluation of Drug Take Back Programs in Federal Anti-opioid Abuse Report
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa today urged the Office of National Drug Control Policy to include an evaluation of drug take back programs in the... -
September 06, 2017
Iowa Senators Call for Session Instead of October State Work Period
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Iowa’s U.S. Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling for the Senate to remain in session... -
August 03, 2017
Grassley, Ernst, Johnson, Loebsack Issue Joint Statement on VA OIG Review of Brandon Ketchum’s Care at VA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA OIG) today released the results of its review of the circumstances of... -
August 03, 2017
White House to Implement Ernst, Hirono Efforts to Expand Veterans Access to Telehealth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators and members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) applauded the Department of Veterans Affairs’... -
August 02, 2017
Senate Approves VA Choice Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, issued the following statement after the United States Senate passed the VA Choice and Quality Employment... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) sent a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling for him to press ahead on repealing and replacing...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued a statement after Senate consideration of legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare. “As I’ve...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst issued the following statement to begin debate on repealing and replacing ObamaCare: “Today we took a significant step...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined U.S. Senators David Perdue (R-GA), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Kennedy (R-LA), James Lankford (R-OK), Mike...
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June 28, 2017
Senator Ernst Seeks to Improve Flexibility & Choice for Medically Retired Servicemembers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and combat veteran, today introduced the Health Equity and Access for Returning... -
WASHINGTON – A bill was introduced in the Senate on Wednesday to end a practice that inadvertently penalizes some medically retired servicemembers by forcing them to pay...
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June 22, 2017
Ernst Statement on Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst issued the following response on the health care reform legislation: “The draft was just released, so I am carefully looking... -
June 21, 2017
Ernst: Health Care Status Quo Unsustainable in Iowa
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today spoke on the Senate floor about the unsustainable and unaffordable health care system under ObamaCare. Click here or the... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement after her meeting at the White House this afternoon on health care reform: “We had a...
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WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), as well as U.S. Representatives Tom Reed...
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United States Senator Joni Ernst recently re-introduced a bill to help veterans receive treatment through the internet. The Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017...
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April 25, 2017
Ernst, Hirono Continue Push for VETS Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators and members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran, and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) reintroduced the Veterans... -
April 25, 2017
Bills would expand VA telehealth services across state lines
WASHINGTON — Telehealth services for veterans have expanded dramatically in recent years, but a group of lawmakers worries that federal rules governing that remote...