Press Releases
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WASHINGTON—As the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border continues, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is calling on the Biden Administration to release their immigration policies to...
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June 16, 2021
Ernst: The Border Crisis Affects All States, Families
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today highlighted how the crisis at the southern border affects communities across the country—citing the record number of illegal... -
June 16, 2021
As Biden Threatens New Water Regs, Ernst Leads Effort to Stand Up for Farmers, Small Businesses
WASHINGTON—As the Biden Administration seeks to roll back the previous administration’s Navigable Waters Protection rule that provided more certainty for Iowa’s farmers and small... -
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, are pressing their fellow Iowan, U.S. Department of...
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June 15, 2021
Ernst Pushes to Cut Off U.S. Taxpayer Funding of Organizations—Like a Wuhan-Lab Linked Nonprofit—That Disregard Federal Law
WASHINGTON—Because the organization that funneled taxpayer dollars into China’s state-run Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) refuses to answer questions about how that money was... -
WASHINGTON—As the national deficit approaches $30 trillion, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), known as the Senate’s leading foe of government waste, helped introduce a...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is working with U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on a bipartisan effort to continue and expand access to telehealth for Iowans...
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June 09, 2021
Ernst: “President Biden’s budget can be summed up like this: higher taxes, higher spending, and higher debt.”
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today spoke on the Senate floor to highlight the burden President Biden’s budget proposal would create for taxpayers in Iowa and across... -
June 09, 2021
Ernst: Biden Admin Decision to Rollback Commonsense Water Rule a ‘Gut Punch’ to Iowans
WASHINGTON – Following a report that the Biden Administration is set to roll back the previous administration’s Navigable Waters Protection rule, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa),... -
June 08, 2021
Ernst Slams Biden’s Budget Proposal, Calls for Responsible Spending of Taxpayer Dollars
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today criticized the Biden Administration’s reckless spending of hardworking Iowa taxpayer dollars and panned President Biden’s budget... -
June 08, 2021
Ernst Questions Experts on Strategies Against Communist China, Protecting America’s Supply Chains
WASHINGTON – At today’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and the top Republican on the committee’s Emerging Threats and... -
RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a survivor of sexual assault and a combat veteran and former commander in the Iowa Army National Guard, has joined fellow members of...
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RED OAK, Iowa—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of both the Senate Agriculture and Environment and Public Works Committees, is continuing her work for Iowa’s farmers and...
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WASHINGTON—Today, on Memorial Day, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran who served in the armed forces for over 23 years, recognized the heroes who made the ultimate...
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May 28, 2021
Ernst: Biden’s Budget a Bust for Taxpayers, a Boon for D.C. Bureaucrats and Tax Collectors
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), known as the Senate’s leading foe of government waste, issued the following statement with regard to President... -
May 28, 2021
Ernst Helps Lead Bipartisan Effort to Honor WWII Army Rangers with the Congressional Gold Medal
WASHINGTON—Ahead of Memorial Day, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a retired lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard, along with her fellow female combat veteran... -
May 27, 2021
Ernst Supports Effort to Prevent Taxpayer Funding of Iranian-Backed Terrorist Regime Hamas
WASHINGTON—After President Biden’s State Department admitted the possibility that American taxpayer dollars could go to fund Hamas terrorists through Palestinian aid, U.S. Senator... -
WASHINGTON—Ahead of Memorial Day, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the first female combat veteran elected to the United States Senate, spoke on the Senate floor to pay tribute to...
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May 26, 2021
Ernst Brings Iowans’ Voices on Small Business COVID Relief Programs to SBA Administrator
WASHINGTON—At a Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a senior member of the committee, raised Iowans’ concerns... -
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), helped unanimously pass a bipartisan five-year...
