Jul 22, 2021 · WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) successfully included her bipartisan effort to prevent military sexual assault and hold perpetrators accountable into the annual defense bill, bringing it one step closer to passage.

Dec 15, 2021 · WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran and top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities (ETC), supported the final version of the Fiscal Year …

May 6, 2021 · New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst said on Wednesday that the legislation would, for the first time, move cases out of the chain of command to trained...

May 16, 2021 · Kirsten Gillibrand and Joni Ernst say they have the votes in the Senate. Support for legislation overhauling military sexual assault policies has reached new levels in the Senate, and the...

3 days ago · Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa and chair of the Senate’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caucus, is leading a controversial new legislative effort to crack down on what she describes as a significant source of financial waste in SNAP. ... The measure’s $91 billion price tag will likely be used as a talking point during ...

4 days ago · “This is exactly the kind of waste and abuse my friend, Senator Joni Ernst, and I are fighting to root out alongside the Trump Administration. ... Franklin and Ernst first introduced the measure in 2024. This Congress, the pair strengthened the legislation, expanding the scope of reporting requirements. Specifically, the bill requires each ...

May 26, 2021 · The senators have a bipartisan measure to put independent prosecutors, not military commanders, in charge of serious crimes. Kirsten Gillibrand and Joni Ernst discuss how they worked over the years to win strong bipartisan support.

Jul 20, 2021 · The measure, championed by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was passed out of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel on Tuesday morning with five...

Jun 13, 2022 · WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), joined by her colleagues Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), introduced a new measure that would assess and strengthen best practices for preventing sexual assault and domestic ...

Nov 20, 2019 · WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a survivor and an outspoken leader on the issue of combating domestic violence and sexual assault, today spoke on the floor outlining her comprehensive bill to reauthorize and modernize the …