Recent News About Joni Ernst
Ernst Co-Leads Small Business Hearing, Presses Small Business Administration on Efforts to Curb Fraud in Lending Program
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today co-led the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s hearing on the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) lending of COVID-19 relief loan programs, where she highlighted the ways these programs were exploited by bad actors, and the economic impact that record federal spending levels has had on inflation and Iowa small businesses
Ernst Demands U.N. Hold Taliban Accountable for Ongoing Attacks Against Afghan Women and Girls
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In the wake of the horrific abuses perpetrated by the Taliban against Afghan women and girls, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) co-led a bipartisan letter to the United Nations (U.N.) to take direct action to hold the Taliban accountable. Ernst and her colleagues wrote a letter to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urging the U.N. Security Council to once again freeze international travel for Taliban leadership and to guarantee the Taliban does not receive a formal diplomatic seat at the United Nations
Ernst Statement on Killing of al-Qaeda Leader
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement regarding a successful U.S. counterterrorism mission to kill al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri
Ernst Works to Modernize Tech Acquisition, Cut Red Tape for Small Businesses
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The AGILE Procurement Act focuses on retaining in-house specialists and employing small businesses over costly government contractors
Joni At Bat: 2022 Congressional Baseball Game
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and her Republican colleagues defended their title as champions of the Congressional Baseball Game
Ernst Statement on Recession, Dems’ Tax and Spend “Solution”
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) responds to the news that the U.S. economy shrank in the second quarter of this year – proving the United States is in a recession – and the Democrats’ disastrous “solution” to this reality
Bidenomics is Pushing Us to the Fiscal Cliff: Ernst Hammers Biden for a “Climbing” Inflation Rate, “Steep” Costs of Living
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Ernst revived the fan-favorite “The Price is Right” themed props in her latest floor speech
Ernst, Grassley, Miller-Meeks, Hinson Seek to Increase Access to Over-the-Counter Birth Control
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The Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act expands health care choices for women
Biden is stalling an investigation of Iranians linked to terrorism. Ernst wants to know: is his push for a nuclear deal the reason?
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The Justice Department may possess key information about Iranians in Argentina, but the administration is suspiciously ignoring requests for it, even under treaty obligations
Ernst Joins Effort to Shine Light on Real World Impacts of Biden’s Liberal Agenda
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, joined her colleagues in an effort to shine a light on the real world impact of the Biden administration’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulations, and prohibit new rules from further crippling the American economy, specifically American agriculture and energy producers
Ernst Slams Biden Administration, Shares More Stories of Iowans Struggling with High Prices
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The Iowa senator: “Let’s get down to pragmatic solutions and stop living in a liberal fantasy land.”
“A No-Brainer”: Ernst Joins Grassley on Bipartisan Push to Improve Vehicle Efficiency, Help Americans Save Money at the Pump
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The Next Generation Fuels Act allows the sale of fuels with greater octane levels to increase the amount of ethanol that can be utilized in the fuel supply and lower prices at the pump for consumers
JUST PASSED: Ernst Effort to Help End Human Trafficking
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U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) had their bill, the End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022, pass the Senate unanimously, which guarantees the U.S. government neither funds nor participates in the human trafficking of third-country workers through our contracts overseas
Ernst Shares Harrowing Stories from the Border
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In response to her recent border visit, Ernst has introduced a new effort to curtail cartel activity
Ernst Targets Cartel Spotters, Increases Penalties for Anyone Abetting Illegal Activity on Southern Border
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In response to her recent border tour in the Rio Grande Valley, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is targeting cartel “spotters” in her latest piece of legislation
Biden Should Bolster Biofuel Standards, Certainty for Farmers as Admin Prepares to Set Future Blend Requirements
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With EPA approaching the Renewable Fuel Obligations (RVOs) for 2023 and 2024, Ernst joined a bipartisan push for Biden to use the upcoming proposed rule to increase volumes of biomass-based diesel
Congress Greenlights Four Ernst Defense Priorities to Strengthen, Protect America’s Homeland
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The Ernst priorities range from efforts to bolster America’s stockpile of critical minerals to her push to build defense coalitions against Iran
ICYMI: Ernst Blasts Biden’s ATF for Troubling “Knock And Talk” Practices
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U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) last week expressed concern in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) “knock and talk” investigative practices
Ernst Continues to Demand Answers From Biden Administration on Potential Terrorists Entering U.S. Through Open Borders
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“DHS is only making its job harder by continuing to fuel illegal immigration, putting a further strain on our CBP agents, and making it more difficult to catch terrorists due to the sheer volume of illegal immigrants crossing our borders.”
On One Year Anniversary of Bombing at Kabul Airport, Ernst Honors Iowa Native Cpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page
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Exactly one year after the bombing at the Kabul Airport that killed 13 U.S. servicemembers, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran of the Global War on Terror, today released a new video honoring one of the fallen servicemembers, Red Oak native Cpl. Daegan William-Tyeler Page.
