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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) issued the following statement, today, after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the U.S. Senate will remain in session during the...
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June 05, 2018
Republican Senator Calls Pruitt ‘as Swampy as You Get’
Republican Senator Joni Ernst blasted allegations of ethical misconduct by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, calling him “about as swampy as you get.” Pruitt’s... -
This week my colleagues and I introduced the No Budget, No Vacation Act to ensure Congress passes a budget. This bill says that if Congress hasn’t passed a budget and regular...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) -- The Senate has introduced legislation that reforms regulation for truckers called the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act. In it, some...
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May 29, 2018
Current internet laws make way for innovation
The letter to the editor, “The First Amendment should include digital content” conflates constitutional protections against governmental interference with free speech... -
Haulers hope for respite from rigid Department of Transportation Hours of Service regulations. A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Wednesday (May 23) to...
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May 28, 2018
Rolling Thunder Ride Honors Veterans on Memorial Day
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate Motorcycle Caucus, joined thousands of veterans to observe Memorial Day at the annual... -
May 28, 2018
Senators Peters and Ernst Join Veterans at Rolling Thunder in Observance of Memorial Day
Below is a statement from U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a former Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, in observance of... -
May 28, 2018
Rural Banks, Credit Unions Get a Break
Last week, President Trump signed into law the bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S-2155). The legislation rolls back regulations imposed... -
May 27, 2018
Senator Ernst Strengthens U.S. Security and Support for Armed Services in the National Defense Authorization Act
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) secured 30 specific provisions to strengthen our nation’s security and support the people who defend our nation in theFiscal Year 2019 National... -
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) has released a video recognizing the important step the United States Senate took on Thursday when they unanimously approved the...
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ALLENTOWN, PA — Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) along with Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Joni Ernst (R-IA), David Perdue (R-GA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Rand Paul (R-KY),...
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined Senator Ben Sasse and a bipartisan group of Senators in introducing the Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act. Currently, overly...
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May 26, 2018
Ernst and Fellow Senators Introduce Rescission Bill
Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Pat Toomey (R-PA), David Perdue (R-GA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Rand Paul (R-KY), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), and Ben Sasse (R-NE)... -
May 25, 2018
Livestock groups say livestock hauling bill will relieve some concerns with ELD regulations
On May 23, Senators Ben Sasse (R-NE), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jon Tester (D), John Hoeven (R-ND), Tina Smith (D-MN), Pat Roberts (R-Ks), Rand... -
Farmers take their lives at a rate higher than any other occupation, and at twice the rate of military veterans. Two bills to help farmers were included in the federal farm bill n...
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, praised the Committee’s passage of the America’s Water Infrastructure...
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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) would have a greater capacity to track and prevent exposure to blasts that can leave service members with traumatic brain injury (TBI) under a...
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U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on May 17 unveiled the bipartisan Blast Exposure and Brain Injury Prevention Act of 2018, S. 2883, in an effort to protect servicemembers from brain...
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May 22, 2018
Treasury approves Iowa 62 opportunity zones
The U.S. Treasury Department has approved the 62 Iowa Opportunity Zones proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Opportunity Zones is a new program that promotes investment in...