WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, demanded a strong National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to counter Biden's weakness on the world stage. As this president abandons our partners and allies and emboldens our adversaries, she promised to deliver a defense bill that will strengthen our military and make us the most lethal fighting force. Watch her full remarks here.   more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues in releasing the following statement on nationwide IVF access: "Senate Democrats have embraced a Summer of Scare Tactics--a partisan campaign of false fearmongering intended to mislead and confuse the American people. In vitro fertilization is legal and available in every state across our nation. We strongly support continued nationwide access to IVF, which has a  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Bureaucrats not showing up to work are being overpaid and avoiding accountability, according to new findings by an investigation requested by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). The Department of Commerce Office of the Inspector General's report revealed that one in four of the department's employees sampled had moved to areas with lower rates of pay but still received the higher pay rates associated with higher c  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to provide to relevant House committees documents and other materials related to Special Counsel Robert Hur's independent investigation of President Biden. "Attorney General Garland's refusal to comply with lawful subpoenas by the House Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight a  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following opening statement from a hearing dated June 5, 2024, entitled "Riskier Business: How Climate is Already Challenging Insurance Markets": * * * If the federal government is going to remain ready to respond to natural disasters and national emergencies, we have to have the capability of doing that. It seems that begs the need to put the nation's fiscal house in order. Yet,   more