Press Releases
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August 24, 2022
Ernst Decries Biden’s Student Debt “Cancellation”: This Will Fan the Flames of Inflation
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement, denouncing President Biden’s plan to “cancel” student loan... -
August 24, 2022
Ernst: Audit the IRS!
RED OAK – As the Biden administration is set to hire 87,000 IRS agents to audit America, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the Senate’s biggest foe of government waste,... -
August 23, 2022
After Biden Administration Permits Individuals Who Support Terrorism into U.S., Ernst Presses for Answers
RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is joining her colleagues in pressing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken... -
RED OAK, Iowa —U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland expressing her concern over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and...
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August 19, 2022
VIDEO/PHOTO: Ernst Tours Cedar Rapids Flood Control Progress, Meets with Local Leaders
CEDAR RAPIDS – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today joined representatives from the City of Cedar Rapids,... -
CEDAR RAPIDS – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today visited Kirkwood Community College to meet with President Dr. Lori Sundberg and tour the new Student Center on campus....
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August 18, 2022
To: Secretary Vilsack, Trade Rep Tai; From: Senator Joni Ernst
RED OAK, Iowa – Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Tom Vilsack, and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Katherine Tai, will be in Iowa today. Ahead of... -
RED OAK – Today, as President Biden signs Democrats’ reckless tax-and-spend bill into law, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement slamming...
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August 15, 2022
One Year After Kabul Falls to the Taliban, Ernst Reflects on Biden’s Broken Promises, Haphazard Exit From Afghanistan
RED OAK— One year after Kabul fell to the Taliban, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a veteran of the Global War on Terror, reflected on the days leading up to and the weeks... -
August 10, 2022
Ernst Works to Protect, Expand Access to Rural Broadband
DES MOINES – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, is pushing bipartisan legislation to protect and expand access... -
August 09, 2022
Ernst Meets With Iowans Supporting Israel, Discusses Her Bipartisan, Bicameral DEFEND Act
DES MOINES— As support for her bipartisan, bicameral DEFEND Act continues to grow, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) – co-chair of the Senate Abraham Accords Caucus... -
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats rejected U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) commonsense amendment to prevent tax dollars from being used to subsidize luxury electric...
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WASHINGTON – Building on her successful effort to prohibit the Pentagon from procuring electric vehicle (EV) components from any entity that uses child or slave labor, U.S....
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WASHINGTON— One year after the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, and days after the killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst...
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August 04, 2022
Ernst Leads Effort to Cut Red Tape on Regulations Hindering Livestock Auctions, Small Packers
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is leading an effort to reduce regulatory red-tape to enable livestock auction... -
August 03, 2022
Ernst Supports Addition of Finland and Sweden to NATO
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Observer Group, today... -
August 03, 2022
Ernst Measures to Prevent Foreign Influence in Government Contracting, Increase Efficiency Move Through Senate Committee
WASHINGTON – Two of U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) efforts aimed at improving federal procurement advanced in the Senate today. The measures include an effort to... -
August 02, 2022
Ernst Statement on Final Passage of PACT Act
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today released the following statement on the Senate’s final passage of the PACT Act, which is now set to be signed into... -
August 02, 2022
Ernst Co-Leads Small Business Hearing, Presses Small Business Administration on Efforts to Curb Fraud in Lending Program
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today co-led the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s hearing on the Small Business... -
August 02, 2022
Ernst Demands U.N. Hold Taliban Accountable for Ongoing Attacks Against Afghan Women and Girls
WASHINGTON— In the wake of the horrific abuses perpetrated by the Taliban against Afghan women and girls, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) co-led a bipartisan letter to the...