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Iowa’s Joni Ernst is among a group of bipartisan U.S. Senators who have introduced legislation to provide more federal money for mental health services to rural...
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April 21, 2018
Baldwin, Ernst Offer Bill to Provide Mental Health Support to Agricultural Communities
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), a member of the Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Rural Development and... -
April 20, 2018
Ernst, Grassley Lead Members of Iowa Delegation in Letter Urging CMS to Repeal Guidance Hindering Iowa’s Individual Market
Iowa’s U.S. Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley, along with Congressmen Steve King (IA-04), David Young (IA-03), and Rod Blum (IA-01), sent a letter to the Centers for... -
April 20, 2018
Mental health crisis addressed in FARMERS FIRST Act
The mental health crisis in rural America is being addressed in Washington D.C. thanks to two U.S. senators. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) have... -
April 20, 2018
Putting Farmers First
Senators introduce the Farmers First Act to provide mental health support for farmers, ranchers. Two Midwestern senators have introduced a bill to provide the nation’s... -
Senators Tammy Baldwin and Joni Ernst Thursday introduced legislation to fund the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. The two say the legislation will provide farmers with...
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(Washington, D.C.) -- Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is co-sponsoring a bill that would attempt to curb the high suicide rate among agricultural workers. Ernst, along with Wisconsin...
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April 19, 2018
Can Ernst’s SWAMP Act Help Drain the Swamp?
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) works just down the road from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but she says the people most directly impacted by their rules and regulations,... -
April 19, 2018
Baldwin, Ernst introduce bill to prevent farmer suicides
WASHINGTON (WBAY) - A new, bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate aimed at preventing farmer suicides. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) joined Joni Ernst... -
April 19, 2018
Ernst Joins Bipartisan Group of Senators Requesting EPA Cease Issuing RFS ‘Hardship’ Waivers and Disclose Information to Congress
Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined a group of 13 bipartisan senators in a letter led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to EPA... -
April 19, 2018
Farmers First legislation boon for struggling farmers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin, a member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, and Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation... -
April 17, 2018
Iowa senators, other lawmakers: RFS waivers violate the law
More than a dozen senators have written to the Environmental Protection Agency, demanding to know which refineries were given waivers from the requirements of the Renewable Fuel... -
April 12, 2018
Ernst hears value of ISU research
While Congress was on break, Sen. Joni Ernst visited with farmers and researchers at the Iowa State University Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm in Crawfordsville on... -
WASHINGTON — Meeting Thursday with agriculture interests including Iowa’s Republican governor and senators, President Donald Trump said his administration may allow the...
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April 12, 2018
Ernst, Grassley, Blumenthal Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Prescription Drug Abuse
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), introduced the Access to Increased Drug Disposal (AIDD) Act of 2018 .... -
Grassley, Ernst among lawmakers urge president to stop exemptions NEW YORK — Five Republican senators on Monday called on President Donald Trump to temporarily halt the use...
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April 05, 2018
Senator tours college’s entrepreneur center
OTTUMWA — A love for the community college system and a desire to see young people stay in their Iowa communities prompted Sen. Joni Ernst to visit Indian Hills Community... -
MUSCATINE — Barrett Colon is 10-months old, with brown eyes that are as big as they are wide. He doesn't miss a thing. His mom, Samantha Kerr, said that raising Barrett has...
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April 05, 2018
Ernst sees federal dollars at work in new dental clinic
Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa expects to open the facility June 1 with two dentists. KEOKUK - U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst continued her swing through southeast Iowa... -
April 05, 2018
Ernst hosts law enforcement roundtable discussion
Mental illness, data sharing, and gun violence are some of the issues discussed by law enforcement and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst during a roundtable discussion Thursday at Scott...