Ernst Helps Lead Hearing on Renewable Energy

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Nutrition, & Forestry Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, helped lead a hearing today focused on renewable energy and opportunities for Iowa’s rural economies. Ernst was joined by two Iowans, Bill Cherrier, Executive Vice President and CEO, Central Iowa Power Cooperative, from Des Moines, and Matthew Mancuso, Dean, Industrial Technology, Iowa Western Community College, from Council Bluffs, who testified before the subcommittee.