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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... -
May 21, 2018
Good news for ethanol industry
Sens. Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst, the two Republicans who represent the Hawkeye State in the United States Senate, are both strong champions of Iowa’s evolving ethanol... -
May 21, 2018
Ag suicide on rise; bill could save lives
The lives of your friends and neighbors may be at risk. Last year, Jeremy Wolf decided to get out of farming. He set the end of this year as his target date. I learned... -
May 20, 2018
Ernst and Warren Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Servicemember Blast Exposure Injury Prevention
United States Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today introduced the bipartisan Blast Exposure and Brain Injury Prevention Act of 2018. The... -
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after the U.S Department of Treasury announced all 62 of the opportunity zones submitted by Governor Kim Reynolds...
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May 18, 2018
Feds back Shen Opportunity Zone application
(Washington-Shenandoah) -- Shenandoah has cleared another hurdle in its quest for funding for major projects in the community. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst's Office announces that the... -
Recently, a column by Steve Lekwa was published in this paper with inaccurate claims regarding legislation that we recently co-sponsored, the Give Our Resources the Opportunity to...
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May 17, 2018
Ernst calls on Senate to "pick up the pace"
(Washington, D.C.) -- Congress has a lot of work to do with little time remaining before the end of the current fiscal year. That's according to Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, who called... -
May 17, 2018
Ernst, senators talk skipping August recess
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is among a group of senators calling for Congress to delay or eliminate its August recess. The effort is by Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., is similar to an... -
May 15, 2018
#MakeCongressWorkAgain: Drain the Swamp by Working Nights, Weekends, Through August Recess
Republican senators including David Perdue (R-GA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Mike Lee (R-UT), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) held a press conference Tuesday at the U.S....
