WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Chair Ernst Equips SBA to Make Main Street Great Again WASHINGTON - Today, at the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing on the nominations of William Briggs to serve as Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Dr. Casey Mulligan to serve as Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) applauded Administrator Kelly Loeffler and emphasized   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Amplifies Iowan's Testimony on Importance of Crop Insurance WASHIGNTON - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, spoke with Iowa native Caleb Hopkins about the importance of crop insurance as a tool for farmers in a hearing on risk management, credit, and rural business. During the hearing, Ernst described the importance of federal crop insurance in providi  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Joins EPA Administrator Zeldin to Announce WOTUS Revision WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, joined Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin to announce a revision to the definition of the "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) that adheres to the law, cuts red tape, and provides certainty  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Pushes to Lower Costs for Child Care on Behalf of Iowa Families WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined her colleagues to introduce the bipartisan Child Care Availability and Affordability Act to make child care more affordable and accessible for Iowa families. "When traveling River to River across Iowa, I consistently hear about the struggles that families face in finding and afford  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Touts New Direction at SBA WASHINGTON - Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) highlighted the damage done by the Biden administration's loosening of lending rules, enacting more than $1.8 trillion in costly regulations, and rampant fraud within COVID programs during a U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing on the nominations of William Briggs to serve as Deputy Administrator of th  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst, Cloud Stamp Out EV Waste at Postal Service WASHIGNTON - U.S. Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Representative Michael Cloud (R-Texas) are introducing the Return to Sender Act to terminate and claw back $3 billion authorized in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act to help build an electric vehicle (EV) fleet for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). While the initial order for 50,000 tr  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Helps Introduce Legislation to Support Biodiesel for Ship Fuel WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped introduce the Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act, which would allow American companies to preserve RIN credits under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for renewable fuel - including biodiesel and other biomass-based diesel - for powering ships and othe  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * Grassley Opens Executive Business Meeting on DOJ Nominations of John Sauer, Harmeet Dhillon and Aaron Reitz Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee Executive Business Meeting Thursday, March 13, 2025 Good morning. Today we're meeting to consider the nominations of John Saue  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Durbin Introduce Legislation to Strengthen Baltic Security Cooperation, Deter Putin's Aggression WASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Co-Chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, introduced the Baltic Security Initiative Act to enhance and strengthen U.S. security cooperation with the Baltics amid Putin's aggressive action in the region. The bipartisan  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Peters Introduce Foreign Agents Transparency Act WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced the Foreign Agents Transparency Act to ensure unregistered foreign agents are unable to sidestep disclosure requirements by exploiting judicial misinterpretation  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * Grassley, Peters Introduce Foreign Agents Transparency Act WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced the Foreign Agents Transparency Act to ensure unregistered foreign agents are unable to sidestep di  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Shaheen, Risch, Colleagues Urge Secretary Rubio to Combat Western Balkans Leader's Secessionist, Destabilizing Actions WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member and Chairman, respectively, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a group of nine bipartisan House and Senate colleagues in a letter to   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on March 13, 2025: * * * Risch, Grassley, Shaheen, Colleagues Urge Secretary Rubio to Combat Western Balkans Leader's Secessionist, Destabilizing Actions WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday along with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) led a group of nine bipa  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall, Baldwin, Klobuchar, and Ernst Call Out Canada for Exploiting Loophole Hurting American Dairy Farmers Washington - U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Secretary of Agriculture Br  more