Press Releases
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November 09, 2023
Ernst’s SCORE Act Gains Momentum with Small Business Leaders
WASHINGTON – Small business groups representing more than 477,600 small business owners and entrepreneurs across the country are calling on Congress to consider the SCORE Act of... -
November 08, 2023
Ernst, Schmitt Demand Answers about Risky Research at Fauci-Funded Lab
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) are demanding answers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about experiments on pathogens of... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is supporting the Preventing the Recycling of Immigrants is Necessary for Trafficking Suspension (PRINTS) Act to combat trafficking...
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November 07, 2023
Ernst: Take Down the Fence. Finish the Wall.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) blasted the Biden administration for ending construction of the Southern border wall. She recounted her recent visit to Yuma,... -
November 07, 2023
Ernst Leads Bipartisan Effort to Expand Internet Access in Rural Areas
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is leading a bipartisan effort to expand access to broadband in rural areas and ease the burden of regulatory costs for smaller... -
WASHINGTON –U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined eight of her Republican colleagues in condemning the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) proposed “Unaccompanied Children...
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November 06, 2023
Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Brannon Monument Company
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Brannon Monument Company of... -
November 02, 2023
Ernst Works to Redesignate Iran-Backed Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
WASHINGTON – Following Iran-backed Houthis’ attacks on Israel this week, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in introducing the Standing Against Houthi... -
November 01, 2023
Ernst Fights to Cut Red Tape, Empower Iowa Small Businesses
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, led a hearing on America’s outdoor recreation economy. Ernst heard... -
November 01, 2023
Ernst, Blumenthal Ramp Up Iranian Oil Sanctions Enforcement
WASHINGTON – Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) are creating a new avenue to cut off Iran’s funding for its terrorist proxies by equipping Homeland... -
October 31, 2023
Ernst: Time’s Up for Biden’s Bureaucrat Hide-and-Seek!
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) amendment to hold the Biden administration accountable for the cost to taxpayers and the impact on services from continued... -
October 31, 2023
Ernst to Biden: End Iranian Proxies’ Payday
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) slammed President Biden for his refusal to enforce existing sanctions, lining the pockets of the Iranian regime with over $80... -
WASHINGTON – In the face of increased warnings about the rise of terrorists targeting the open U.S. southern border,Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in demanding...
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October 30, 2023
Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Crayons 2 Pencils
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Crayons 2 Pencils of Warren... -
October 26, 2023
Ernst, Cassidy Combat Antisemitism on College Campuses
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, are leading their colleagues... -
October 26, 2023
Ernst, Shaheen Honor Female Entrepreneurs During National Women’s Small Business Month
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Ranking Member and Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, led a bipartisan group of senators in a... -
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) bipartisan Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act was unanimously approved by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental...
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October 25, 2023
Ernst Exposes Nancy Pelosi Federal Building as Far Left Failure
WASHINGTON – In response to far left policies that have incentivized crime, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is calling for the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Federal Building to be shut down... -
October 24, 2023
Ernst, Grassley Celebrate Hawkeye Women’s Basketball, Honor the Crossover at Kinnick
WASHINGTON – Today, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst led a resolution joined by Senator Chuck Grassley honoring the women’s basketball team at the University of Iowa for hosting a... -
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Secret Serenity Salon and...
