Press Releases
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RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, participated in two more telephone question-and-answer sessions with Iowans from...
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RED OAK, Iowa — U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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April 02, 2020
Ernst says IRS did the right thing by automatically giving seniors access to direct cash payments
RED OAK, Iowa – Included in the Phase 3 relief package, Congress gave the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the authority to waive a tax filing requirement for seniors and others who... -
RED OAK, Iowa – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, participated in a telephone question-and-answer session hosted by the Quad...
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April 01, 2020
Ernst: Rural hospitals need financial assistance ‘immediately’ and in the ‘most streamlined manner’
RED OAK, Iowa – After hearing from a number of hospitals, health centers, and workers in Iowa about the need for immediate financial relief, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)... -
RED OAK, Iowa—After hearing from Iowans and businesses struggling as a result of COVID-19, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, is...
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March 30, 2020
Sen. Ernst Joins Governor Reynolds, Provides Update on Her Efforts to Get Federal Relief to Iowans
RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined Governor Kim Reynolds for her press conference yesterday to provide an update on the relief Ernst has helped secure for Iowans... -
March 27, 2020
Ernst: “Help is on the way”
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), who has been fighting relentlessly to get Iowans the immediate relief they need in the face of COVID-19, today applauded the president... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is calling for bipartisan action to crackdown on scammers who are targeting seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic after several instances...
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March 26, 2020
Ernst Discusses Efforts to Get Iowans Immediate Relief
WASHINGTON – After helping pass the third emergency relief package through the Senate late last night, Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) discussed her work to provide relief to Iowans from... -
March 26, 2020
Ernst Talks Senate-Passed Phase 3 Package, Her Efforts to Bring Iowans Stranded Abroad Home Safely
WASHINGTON—After helping pass the Phase 3 relief package late last night in the Senate, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined America’s Newsroom to discuss the Senate’s work to... -
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) continues to hear from Iowans from every corner of the state as she fights to deliver additional immediate relief during the COVID-19...
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March 25, 2020
Ernst: We’ve stepped up in this time of crisis and delivered critical additional relief for Iowans
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, supported and delivered critical additional relief for Iowans across the state in the... -
March 25, 2020
Ernst: ‘You can always count on a farmer.’
WASHINGTON—During National Agriculture Week, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, is honoring Iowa’s farmers and... -
March 24, 2020
Ernst: “This is a time for action. This is a time to step up, put aside our partisan wants, and show up for the people of our states.”
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) today continued to call on her colleagues to come together to provide additional, immediate relief for Iowans, and all Americans, affected... -
March 23, 2020
Ernst: In Times of Crisis, Congress Has a Duty to Act to Provide Relief for Iowans, All Americans
WASHINGTON— After Senate Democrats voted for a second time to tank a bipartisan Phase 3 coronavirus relief package–which would provide additional relief to Iowa’s families,... -
March 22, 2020
Ernst Provides Update on Additional COVID-19 Relief Efforts, Urges Iowans to ‘Stay Strong’
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is continuing to work through the weekend to help deliver additional relief to Iowans across the state. As the Senate continues to forge... -
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Small Business Committee, joined Varney and Co. on Fox Business to discuss her work in the Senate to provide...
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March 20, 2020
With Iowans Stranded in Peru and Elsewhere Abroad, Ernst Calls for ‘Immediate Action’ to Get Them Home
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is calling for immediate action to get the dozens of Iowans—and many more other Americans—stranded in Peru and elsewhere abroad home as... -
WASHINGTON – After hearing from a number of hospitals and health centers in Iowa about the need for additional relief, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) is calling on the Senate...