Press Releases
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November 15, 2022
As Iowa Harvest Wraps Up, Ernst Presses USDA Officials on Farm Bill Programs to Lower Energy Costs
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, yesterday questioned the U.S.... -
November 14, 2022
On Behalf of Iowa Farmers, Ernst, Grassley Urge U.S. Trade Rep. to Intervene in Mexico’s Ban on American Corn
WASHINGTON – After hearing directly from Iowa farmers, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, are... -
November 10, 2022
Ahead of Black Friday, Ernst, Grassley Demand FBI, ATF Properly Prepare for Influx of Legal Gun Purchases
WASHINGTON – Ahead of Black Friday, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, are asking the Federal... -
November 03, 2022
During Veterans Small Business Week, Ernst Continues to Push Feds to Fulfill Commitment to Service-Disabled Veteran Small Business Owners
WASHINGTON – During Veterans Small Business Week, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Small Business Committee, is continuing her effort to ensure... -
October 27, 2022
Ernst Calls Out Biden DHS for Allowing Tens of Thousands of Unvetted Evacuees into the U.S.
WASHINGTON – After numerous failures on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to properly vet and screen Afghan evacuees arriving in the United States following... -
October 26, 2022
Ernst Gets USAID to Concede Staffing Shortages, Forces Agency to Accelerate Distribution of Humanitarian Aid Related to Ukraine Crisis
WASHINGTON – After a months long, aggressive oversight campaign of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) humanitarian response to Putin’s brutal... -
RED OAK, Iowa— U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced today her office will be holding traveling office hours in every county throughout the state during the month of...
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October 20, 2022
Ernst, Grassley Hold Childcare Roundtable, Announce Legislation to Address Critical Shortage of Childcare in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Small Business Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today hosted a childcare roundtable... -
October 12, 2022
Ernst Urges White House to Maintain Bipartisan-Supported Security Cooperation with Middle East Partners
WASHINGTON – Amid reports that all security cooperation and development with the Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Saudi Arabia, and the United States may be cut off... -
October 12, 2022
Ernst Secures Investigation into $15M of U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Technology Given to Communist China
WASHINGTON – Following reports of the illegal hand-off of groundbreaking technology to Communist China by the Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa),... -
WASHINGTON – Following new reports tying Dr. Anthony Fauci and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) to EcoHealth Alliance, a group...
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October 07, 2022
VIDEO/PHOTO: Ernst Helps Kick-off Operation Diaper Drive in Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today joined the Young Parents Network (YPN) and the Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank to kick-off the 7th Annual Operation... -
DUBUQUE, Iowa – In a roundtable yesterday with student veterans at the University of Dubuque, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran, and Congresswoman Ashley...
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October 05, 2022
Ernst Goes to Bat to Stop Fauci’s Funding of More Batty Experiments by Group Linked to China’s Infamous Wuhan Lab
WASHINGTON – The shady organization that funneled U.S. tax dollars into China’s state-run Wuhan Institute of Virology to conduct risky research on coronaviruses... -
October 04, 2022
Ernst Completes 8th Annual 99 County Tour
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – With her 99th stop at the Jordan Creek Lowe’s in Dallas County, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today officially finished her annual 99 County Tour... -
September 29, 2022
As Putin Attempts to Illegally Annex Ukrainian Territories, Ernst Pushes to Prevent U.S. Acknowledgement of Russian Landgrabs
WASHINGTON – As Putin prepares to claim success in his sham and illegitimate elections to annex four Ukrainian territories, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the... -
September 29, 2022
Ernst: Communist China is the Ultimate Beneficiary of Taxpayer-Funded Small Business Research, and I’m Ending That Right Now!
WASHINGTON— A Department of Defense (DoD) review found that China is stealing technology developed in the U.S. by exploiting small business research programs, and U.S.... -
September 28, 2022
Ernst: Fentanyl is Coming Through Open Southern Border to Iowa Communities
WASHINGTON— After hosting a roundtable with local law enforcement and Midwest drug trafficking leaders on the fentanyl crisis, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today brought... -
September 28, 2022
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Ernst, Grassley Meet with Davenport City Officials
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this week met with Davenport Mayor Mike Matson, Police Chief Jeffery Bladel, and other city... -
September 27, 2022
ICYMI: Ernst Seeks to Solidify Sanctions on Iran Amid Assassination Plots on U.S. Officials, Nuclear Deal Discussions
WASHINGTON – Last week, on the same day Iranian President Raisi addressed the U.N. General Assembly in New York and as thousands of Iranians protested the regime’s...
