Press Releases
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WASHINGTON—After calling for action, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) has helped secure a fix that ensures publicly-owned hospitals with 500 or fewer employees – like many rural,...
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May 04, 2020
Ernst Helps Secure Over $383M for Iowa’s Rural Hospitals, Clinics, and Community Health Centers
RED OAK, Iowa – As a result of the bipartisan CARES Act, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) has helped secure $383,318,585 for Iowa’s rural health care providers. This announcement... -
April 30, 2020
Ernst Talks COVID-19, Flood Recovery and Mitigation Efforts with Mills County Leaders
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) continues to listen to and hear directly from Iowans, including the Mills County leaders she spoke with via phone today. During the... -
April 29, 2020
After Urging the Administration to Ensure a Secure Food Supply Chain, Ernst Welcomes Action by President
RED OAK, Iowa – After urging the administration to use any tool they had to keep workers safe, ensure a secure food supply chain, and support Iowa’s pork producers – including... -
RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) are calling on the federal government to ensure Iowa’s colleges and universities are eligible for the...
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RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and John Thune (R-SD), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, held a joint telephone town hall this afternoon with...
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RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and a bipartisan group of her colleagues are pushing for a fix to allow more Iowans to get access to COVID-19 relief payments. After...
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April 27, 2020
Iowa Leaders Urge ‘Immediate Assistance’ from Administration to Support Pork Producers
DES MOINES, Iowa – In a letter to Vice President Mike Pence – the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley along with Governor... -
April 25, 2020
Ernst Statement on USDA’s Plans to Support Iowa Pork Producers Affected by Plant Closures
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, issued the following statement after the U.S.... -
April 24, 2020
Ernst Urges the Administration to Eliminate Payment Limits for Iowa Farmers and Producers
RED OAK, Iowa – After hearing from Iowa’s farmers and producers, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, is... -
April 24, 2020
Ernst Applauds Signing of Additional COVID-19 Relief Package
RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, released the following statement after President Trump signed into law the additional... -
April 24, 2020
With Local Reporting Critical Amid COVID-19, Ernst Calls for Support of Iowa Newspapers, TV and Radio
RED OAK, Iowa – With local reporting and access to information critical amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is calling for support for Iowa’s newspapers,... -
RED OAK, Iowa – Following the Senate’s unanimous passage earlier this week of additional COVID-19 relief legislation replenishing the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and...
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RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, is continuing to listen to the needs of small businesses throughout Iowa, and in...
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RED OAK, Iowa—Building on her efforts to protect Iowa taxpayers from subsidizing China’s wet markets, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is calling on Congress to end taxpayer funding...
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RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is teaming up with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) in proposing a bipartisan bill to ban...
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RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) hosted yet another telephone town hall—her sixth in just the last few weeks—with thousands of Iowans this evening and answered...
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April 21, 2020
Ernst: ‘More relief is on the way to Iowans’
RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) released the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed additional COVID-19 relief funding, including more money for the... -
RED OAK, Iowa – Following recent reports of the spread of COVID-19 at meat packing plants and facilities across Iowa and the Midwest, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), chairman of...
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RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), who has been fighting tirelessly for Iowa’s child care providers – including ensuring quality, affordable, and accessible child care...