Recent News About Joni Ernst
Ernst, Barrasso Demand Answers on Report of DOE Sending Taxpayer-Funded Technology to China
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U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Inspector General Teri Donaldson requesting answers on a report showing DOE illegally sent $15 million of taxpayer-funded advanced battery technology to Communist China
Ernst Introduces Bill to Make Distribution of Deadly Fentanyl Chargeable as Felony Murder
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As fentanyl continues to pour over the Southern border, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues, led by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in introducing the Felony Murder for Deadly Fentanyl Distribution Act. The bill makes the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death punishable by federal felony murder charges
Ernst Celebrates Two Years of Historic Abraham Peace Accords
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Today, on the two-year anniversary of the historic signing of the Abraham Accords, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) – co-chair of the Senate Abraham Accords Caucus – joined a bipartisan resolution celebrating the achievements and ongoing efforts catalyzed by the peace deal
Ernst, Thune Spearhead Effort to Protect Farmers and Ranchers, Block Radical Climate Overreach
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Democrats want the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to start monitoring methane emissions from livestock
Taxpayers Win! Ernst Forces Audit of the IRS
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The auditors at the IRS will be audited themselves, thanks to U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the Senate’s biggest foe of government waste
BREAKING: Ernst Announces Audit of IRS
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Democrats want to audit America, but Senator Ernst and Republicans are auditing the IRS, which has a history of hiring tax cheats
Ernst Supports Effort to Remove Regulatory Roadblocks, Reform Permitting Process
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The Simplify Timelines and Assure Regulatory Transparency (START) Act would provide regulatory certainty and expedite the permitting of key projects across the U.S.
Amidst Rolling Blackouts, Ernst Tells Biden Administration to ‘Lead by Example,’ Set AC to 78 Degrees
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In an effort to highlight the latest hypocrisy from this administration, Ernst is pushing the DOE and EPA to follow the guidelines their agencies have encouraged for Americans
Ernst: “In the wake of 9/11, we pledged to never forget; that is our solemn obligation.”
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a veteran of the Global War on Terrorism and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following video statement on the twenty-first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks
Ernst Continues Pressure on Biden Administration for Ongoing Delays in Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine
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As of September, $3 billion of humanitarian aid to Ukraine remains unallocated
“No Cow Tax!” Ernst Slams Dems’ Continued Attempts to Regulate Farmers
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The Iowa senator is moving to permanently block Democrats from imposing federal methane requirements on farmers and ranchers
Ernst Statement on Passing of Queen Elizabeth II
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) issued the following statement in response to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
Ernst: Iowans are Frustrated with Biden’s Student Loan Transfer and Ongoing Inflation
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is in the homestretch of her 99 County Tour for 2022
Ernst Urges Federal Government to Fulfill Commitment to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
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The federal government is currently required to allocate 3 percent of government contracts to service-disabled veteran small businesses owners, but has failed to meet this goal continuously over the last decade
ICYMI: Ernst Returned to Alma Mater Iowa State University for Tour of Ames Laboratory, Farm Bill Briefing, Agricultural Research Roundtable, ROTC Groundbreaking
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The senator’s meetings focused on the agricultural and energy research and development happening at the university
Ernst, Grassley, Miller-Meeks Sound Alarm with DoD on Sourcing of Critical Defense Minerals
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Following recent reports that the only smelter producing, high-purity aluminum plant in the U.S. is set to curtail the production due to high energy costs, members of the Iowa Congressional delegation – U.S. Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley as well as Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks – are sounding the alarm with the Department of Defense (DoD) on their plans to source this critical mineral, ensuring the United States is not dependent on hostile nations for the products that source our military’s weapons systems
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst Releases Statement on Anniversary of Final Withdrawal from Afghanistan
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a veteran of the Global War on Terrorism and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released a statement on the one-year anniversary of the final departure of the U.S. troops from Afghanistan
During Veterans Small Business Week, Ernst Continues to Push Feds to Fulfill Commitment to Service-Disabled Veteran Small Business Owners
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The Iowa Senator is announcing new legislation to ensure the federal government fulfills its obligation to service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
Ernst Calls Out Biden DHS for Allowing Tens of Thousands of Unvetted Evacuees into the U.S.
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Following President Biden’s haphazard U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration has granted parole to over 72,000 Afghan evacuees without proper screening and vetting
Ernst Gets USAID to Concede Staffing Shortages, Forces Agency to Accelerate Distribution of Humanitarian Aid Related to Ukraine Crisis
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After a months long, aggressive oversight campaign of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) humanitarian response to Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has forced the agency to concede they are understaffed and that their humanitarian efforts have not kept pace with the rapid surge in funding
