Joni Ernst
U.S. Senator · Iowa · Republican · Chair, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Statements and posts
148 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Activity, last 12 weeks
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15 statements
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Crystal Reservoir Conveyance Act
working Americans are struggling to afford basic necessities, there is one class of people who have never had it better: fraudsters. Scammers are stealing more than $1.4 billion from taxpayers every day. Yesterday, I released a list of con artists who each fraudulently billed government programs…
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Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize Doe a Deer of Guthrie County, IA, as the Senate Small…
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Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize Sorensen Studios of Adair County, IA, as Senate Small…
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Recognizing North Lumber & Home Center
Madam President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize and outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize North Lumber & Home Center of Decatur County, IA, as…
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Recognizing Ludlow's Steakhouse
Madam President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize Ludlow's Steakhouse of Wayne County, IA, as the Senate…
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Recognizing Five Sons Landscape & Design
Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize Five Sons Landscape & Design of Madison County, IA, as…
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Recognizing Henningsen's Meat Processing
Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to honor Henningsen's Meat Processing of Cass County, IA, as the…
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Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to honor Lone Arranger of Adams County, IA, as the Senate Small…
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Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize the Bread Board of Marion County, IA, as the Senate Small…
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Recognizing Piper's Grocery and Homemade Candies
Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize Piper's Grocery and Homemade Candies of Lucas County, IA, as…
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Recognizing the Farmer's Daughters
Mr. President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize The Farmer's Daughters of Fremont County, IA, as the…
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Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act
Mr. President, I want to thank my colleague from Delaware for bringing up our Iowa State Cyclones and our University of Iowa Hawkeyes. We had the Cy-Hawk game just 2 weekends ago. Unfortunately, my Cyclones fell to the Iowa Hawkeyes. But God bless Coach Kirk Ferentz and his Iowa Hawkeyes. It was…
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Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
Mr. President, taxpayers deserve to know how the money they send to Washington is being spent. For 20 years now, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act has required unclassified government spending to be put online in a searchable public website, USAspending.gov. This allows…
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Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 2069 (Executive Calendar)
Mr. President, during my 12 years in the Senate, I have exposed many outlandish examples of government waste. For example, I uncovered that Washington sent nearly $500 million to China to pay for everything from poetry projects to dangerous research on bats. Another $870 million of U.S. taxpayer…
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Madam President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to honor Present Company of Audubon County, IA, as the Senate Small…
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