WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today spoke on the Senate floor and renewed her call for the Senate to pass Sarah's Law to require federal law enforcement to detain illegal immigrants criminally charged with killing or seriously injuring another person. After Democrats obstructed her effort and advocated against detaining violent illegal immigrants, Ernst pushed back and promised to continue the fight to pass Sarah's   more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: ADAIR COUNTY, Iowa - U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today met with local leaders in Greenfield to survey the damage and discuss recovery efforts following this week's devastating tornado and storms. "My heart breaks for the Greenfield community. Witnessing the damage today has been sobering," Ernst said. "In the midst of such devastation, Senator Grassley and I saw true Iowa resili  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Representative Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) in a letter to President Biden and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, urging the administration to amend its harmful decision to set the Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) levels well below industry production capacity and instead increase RVO levels for homegrown Iowa biofuels. "C  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) in demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raise 2024 and 2025 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels. The agency last year set RVOs at levels that fail to align with market conditions and production outlook; already, this has contributed to biodiesel plant clos  more