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March 27, 2025
SBC Advances Pair of Commonsense Bills to Crack Down on Fraudsters, Support Rural Small Businesses
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, led by Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), advanced a pair of bipartisan bills to crack down on fraud and... -
March 19, 2025
Ernst Equips Iowa Students for Success in STEM
RED OAK, Iowa – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) discussed the critical role STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education plays in shaping our workforce and... -
February 24, 2025
Ernst Pushes to Permanently Repeal the Federal Death Tax
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined a... -
February 12, 2024
Ernst Fights for Farm Families Cut Out of College Aid
WASHINGTON – Considering the Department of Education’s (Ed) failure to provide farm families with transparency surrounding Ed’s botched rollout of the Free Application for Federal... -
February 01, 2024
Ernst and Grassley Release FAFSA Factsheet
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today published an FAQ-style factsheet on the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).... -
February 01, 2024
Ernst Fighting Against Unfair FAFSA Changes for Iowa Farm Families
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) stood up for Iowa farm families who have been negatively impacted by the Biden administration’s botched student aid roll... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in requesting a Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into the Biden administration’s failure to...
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WASHINGTON – Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that President Joe Biden’s $400 billion student loan bailout is...
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May 31, 2023
Ernst Leads Effort to Save Taxpayers $300 Billion by Blocking Biden’s Student Loan Scheme
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) voted to save taxpayers more than $300 billion by overturning President Biden’s pause on student loan payments. The resolution... -
RED OAK, IOWA – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announce their offices will hold joint United States Service Academy Virtual Informational...
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March 30, 2023
Ernst: “This is not debt cancellation. It’s socialism.”
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted her effort with 37 Republicans to block President Biden’s plan to transfer student loan debt to hardworking... -
March 27, 2023
Ernst Fights to Block Biden’s “Student Loan Socialism”
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is working to overturn President Biden’s student loan “cancellation” rule, which would cost an estimated $400 billion and transfer up... -
February 28, 2023
Ernst, Grassley Continue Work to Bring Transparency to College Tuition
WASHINGTON – As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments this week on President Biden’s student debt transfer, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley... -
February 16, 2023
Ernst Leads Bipartisan Effort to Give Students a Clear Picture of College Costs Upfront
WASHINGTON – As students and families across the United States face mounting student loan debt, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is leading a bipartisan effort, supported by her... -
March 23, 2022
Ernst, Female Colleagues Slam Taliban’s Refusal to Open Secondary Education to Afghan Girls
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following joint statement with U.S.... -
March 17, 2022
Ernst, Grassley Want to Give Students Clear Picture of Costs Before They Take Out Loans
WASHINGTON—As American students and families face staggering student loan debt, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), are proposing... -
September 07, 2021
‘That’s a Wrap!’: Ernst Finishes Up 99 County Tour for 2021
ORANGE CITY, Iowa – Finishing up stop number 99 on the year in Sioux County, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) last week officially wrapped up her 99 County Tour for 2021, her... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will host a U.S. Service Academy Virtual Open House on the evenings of Monday, May 24 and Tuesday, May...
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In the coming weeks, high school students in Iowa and across the country will don their cap and gown to receive their high-school diplomas. Many of them will look forward to...
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March 05, 2021
Ernst Backs Amendment to Safely Get Students Back in School
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is supporting an amendment to the Democrats’ partisan $1.9 trillion spending proposal to ensure that school reopening...
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