Press Releases
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November 03, 2021
Amid Labor Shortages, Supply Chain Issues, Ernst, Grassley Call for Increase in Eligibility for Commercial Driver’s Licenses
WASHINGTON—As labor shortages plague the trucking industry and supply chain issues continue to impact Americans across the country, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck... -
November 02, 2021
Citing National Security Concerns, Combat Veteran Ernst Calls for Action on Annual Defense Bill
WASHINGTON—Citing national security concerns, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today called on Senate Democrats... -
November 02, 2021
Ernst Demands Transparency on Emissions Used to Transport Biden, Cabinet to and from U.N. Climate Summit
WASHINGTON—As President Biden, his cabinet members, and high-ranking Administration officials continue their war on U.S. fossil fuels, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is calling... -
November 02, 2021
Ernst: “Food security is national security.”
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her fellow Iowan and Senate Agriculture Committee member, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), to discuss the growing risk of... -
November 01, 2021
Ernst’s FAUCI Act Bans US Funding for “Gain-of-Function” Research in Communist China
WASHINGTON – With revelations continuing to surface about the U.S. government’s involvement in and support for dangerous scientific experiments overseas under Dr. Anthony... -
October 27, 2021
Ernst Highlights Iowans Impacted by Biden’s Inflation, Energy Crisis
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today called attention to Iowans impacted by the rampant inflation and rising energy costs caused by the Biden Administration’s... -
October 27, 2021
Ernst’s Bipartisan Effort to Honor WWII Army Rangers with the Congressional Gold Medal Passes Senate Unanimously
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a retired lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard, helped unanimously pass her bipartisan effort with fellow female combat... -
October 27, 2021
Ernst’s “BE GONE” Act to Deport Sex Criminals Gains Major Support from U.S. Senators, House Members, Immigration Groups, Experts
WASHINGTON – As President Biden’s immigration crisis continues to get worse, with a record number of migrants encountered at the border over the last year, U.S. Senator Joni... -
October 26, 2021
Ernst Presses Pentagon Officials on Repercussions of Biden’s Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal
WASHINGTON—At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a veteran of the Global War on Terrorism, pressed Pentagon officials on the... -
October 26, 2021
Ernst ‘Circles Back’ on Request for Biden Meeting to Discuss Biofuel as a Clean, Reliable Energy Solution
WASHINGTON—Amid the ongoing energy crisis and skyrocketing inflation, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture and Environment and Public Works Committees,... -
October 26, 2021
Ernst, Grassley, Gillibrand Say Pentagon Timetable for Implementing Sexual Assault Reforms ‘Vague, Lax’
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran, former military commander, and survivor of sexual assault, along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kirsten... -
October 22, 2021
Ernst’s Effort to Honor Global War on Terrorism Veterans Gains More Bipartisan Support from Senators, Public Figures
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) effort to build a new memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to honor the troops who served during the Global War on... -
October 21, 2021
Democrats Want to Spy on Your Bank Account. Ernst Says No Way.
WASHINGTON—As President Biden and Washington Democrats attempt sweeping policies authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to spy on millions of Americans’ bank accounts, U.S.... -
WASHINGTON—From out of control inflation and rising prices, to the overreaching proposal that would allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to snoop in Iowans’ bank accounts, U.S....
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October 20, 2021
Ernst Presses EPA for Answers on WOTUS Rule
WASHINGTON—As the Biden Administration continues its efforts to re-write the previous administration’s commonsense Navigable Waters Protection Rule, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst... -
October 20, 2021
‘We need to put out the S.O.S.’: Ernst, Kelly Press Pentagon for Action Following Uptick in Military Suicides
WASHINGTON – Following an alarming report revealing a 15% increase in military suicides in 2020 from the year before, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)—a combat veteran... -
October 19, 2021
Ernst: Instead of Addressing Inflation, Energy Prices, Dems Want to Snoop in Iowans’ Bank Accounts
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today slammed an overreaching proposal by the Biden Administration that would allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to access data on... -
October 19, 2021
Senate Passes Ernst-Led Bipartisan Resolution Designating October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
WASHINGTON—The Senate last night unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution led by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault, along with... -
October 18, 2021
In Coming Weeks, Office of Senator Ernst to Hold Traveling Office Hours Across All 99 Counties in Iowa
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced today her office will be holding traveling office hours in all 99 counties across Iowa at different times in the... -
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of both the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) and Agriculture Committees, is leading seven of her Senate colleagues...
