The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 16 advanced a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) to improve healthcare services for America’s military veterans. “We owe it to our veterans to provide them the Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on July 17 sponsored legislation to prohibit bonuses being paid to federal contractors for projects that are over budget or behind schedule. “Over budget, behind schedule and millions of dollars’ worth of bonuses? It’s hard Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) this week urged Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai to bridge the rural digital divide via more accurate broadband maps. “It is vital that we are able to more precisely identify where fixed and Read more…
U.S. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on July 9 introduced legislation to provide a civil remedy for individuals and their families harmed by sanctuary jurisdiction policies. “It’s time we put the public safety of Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is not satisfied with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule to set a minimum amount of renewable fuels that would be supplied to the market in 2020 because it does not account for ethanol Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is watching closely to ensure the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers follows through on its plans this month to regularly relay flood control information to her home state. “Iowans should have peace of mind knowing Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on June 13 introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill to extend the publicly traded partnership ownership structure to clean energy power generation projects and transportation fuels. Sen. Moran cosponsored the Financing Our Energy Future Act, S. Read more…
U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) accompanied the president to celebrate year-round sales of fuel blends containing gasoline and up to 15 percent ethanol, also known as E-15. “I want to thank President Trump for making the Read more…
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to quickly implement a section of law that will give the nation’s farmers flexibility and more certainty to harvest, graze and terminate cover crops while maintaining their eligibility Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on June 6 commended President Donald Trump for signing a bipartisan disaster aid package that included language from a bill she cosponsored to assist farmers who lost their stored grain during a declared natural disaster. Read more…
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Martha McSally (R-AZ) expressed support for paid parental leave during a May 23 meeting with presidential advisor Ivanka Trump. “I’m glad Congress and the Trump Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation that would enhance how the U.S. Department of Defense gathers data on traumatic brain injury (TBI) among America’s service members. “During combat and in training, many of our men and women Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) thinks that anyone who murders or targets a local public safety officer should be prepared to face the death penalty. Sen. Tillis on May 16 introduced the Thin Blue Line Act, S. 1508, with bill Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) on May 14 proposed a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would provide a nonrefundable tax credit for working family caregivers across the country. “Millions of Americans provide unpaid care to a friend or relative with a Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) is cosponsoring the bipartisan, bicameral Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act, which would update federal trucking regulations. “This bipartisan legislation provides a long-term solution that will give livestock haulers flexibility to get safely to their Read more…
A final rule from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) could negatively interfere with state and local authorities over distribution utilities, said U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) and 22 of his colleagues last week. “We write to express our concerns Read more…
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on May 2 passed a bipartisan bill cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) that would update federal law and push forward the completion of the nation’s untested rape kits. “In North Carolina alone, there Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) led nine of her colleagues in requesting improved advanced communications be made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers so that local communities in flood zones might be better prepared for disasters. “In our discussions Read more…
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on April 30 sponsored a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would commemorate American women’s right to vote with a commemorative coin to be minted by the U.S. Treasury Department. The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on April 30 sponsored legislation that would dictate requirements for federal agency spending at the end of a fiscal year. “With our national debt now surpassing $22 trillion, Washington should be looking for ways to Read more…
The Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, legislation recently introduced by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), would give struggling businesses the tools they need to more easily work through the process of filing for bankruptcy. Sen. Tillis introduced the bipartisan Read more…
U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) and a bipartisan group of senators is urging U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to provide assistance for livestock producers who suffered devastating losses earlier this year during severe weather events across the Rocky Mountains, the Read more…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must do a better job in finding and implementing sustainable solutions to massive flooding in Iowa, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said during an April 17 U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his Republican colleagues in the Senate on Wednesday unveiled the Protect Act to ensure Americans with pre-existing health conditions would be able to keep their affordable health care coverage. “The Protect Act is an Read more…
U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) this week joined a bipartisan group of senators who are on a mission to end sexual assault on the nation’s college and university campuses. “Too many sexual assault incidents are Read more…
Republican senators from the midwestern states of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa commended the text of a $13.45 billion emergency funding bill unveiled this week by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee for the supplemental funds their states would receive to help Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is among a dozen bipartisan members of Congress concerned that America’s national security is threatened by imports of foreign vehicles and their parts. The 12 senators requested that U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross release the Read more…
Gun silencers would be removed from the federal definition of a firearm making them easier to buy and transfer under legislation introduced on March 14 by more than a dozen Republican members of the U.S. Senate. “The bill we are Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on March 12 joined Republican colleagues as an original cosponsor of legislation that would update the nation’s immigration laws to set a minimum age for child marriages. “I’m fighting to protect young girls and women, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) this week introduced bipartisan legislation to improve United States law regarding family leave for Americans. “It’s past time we modernize our family leave policies to reflect the evolving needs of today’s workforce and to reduce Read more…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced bipartisan legislation that includes provisions to indefinitely delay a federal electronic logging device (ELD) mandate that has burdened his home-state ranching constituents. “Montana’s ranchers and livestock haulers drive Montana’s economy,” Sen. Daines said on Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on March 6 sponsored a bipartisan bill that would put small businesses owned by women and service-disabled veterans on a level playing field when competing for certain contracts “Women- and veteran-owned small businesses should be Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is on a legislative mission to lower the prices that Americans pay for their prescription drugs and during this congressional session already has introduced four bills toward that realizing that goal. “I’m working with lawmakers Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) is an original cosponsor of bipartisan legislation that would put the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) in charge of determining if new Section 232 tariffs pose a national security threat. Currently, the U.S. Commerce Department Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) this week introduced a bipartisan bill that would reform how alcoholic beverages are taxed across the nation. The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act, H.R. 1175, sponsored on Feb. 13 by U.S. Rep. Ron Read more…
U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) is among the original cosponsors of a bipartisan bill to ensure the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) justifies that any new Section 232 tariffs meet the threshold for being a national security threat. “I’m pleased Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) cosponsored legislation to require that the annual percentage rates (APRs) for federal student loans are disclosed, giving Americans better information related to the associated costs of higher education. “Over 90 percent of student loans are Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) on Jan. 30 sponsored bipartisan legislation to ensure that organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to continue to provide services for children. “All service providers – religious or otherwise – should have a Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) this month unveiled Republican-led legislation that would keep members of Congress on Capitol Hill until they approved a federal budget on deadline. “Hardworking Iowans and Americans across the country are sick and tired of government Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) on Jan. 17 joined fellow Republicans to introduce legislation that would reduce the tax rate on estates, gifts and generation-skipping transfers, according to the congressional record. “The current estate tax is often a crushing blow Read more…
Dozens of Republican senators signed on to support the reintroduced Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2019. S. 92, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), would increase accountability and transparency in the federal regulatory Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and 43 other Republican members of Congress made a bicameral plea to President Donald Trump requesting that he restart and hasten construction of the $8 billion Keystone XL project, a proposed 1,180 mile-long crude oil Read more…
Both houses of Congress this week resolved their differences and approved the newly filed conference report for Farm Bill 2018, paving the way for the bipartisan legislation that supports the nation’s farmers and ranchers to become federal law. U.S. Sen. Read more…
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) last week introduced the bipartisan Department of Energy Veterans’ Health Initiative Act to establish a research program in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing aimed at improving health care for America’s military Read more…
Federal budget process reforms proposed on Nov. 27 by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and her colleagues would institute real-world consequences on Congress if it failed to meet deadlines to fund the United States government. “Congress can do better,” Sen. Read more…
A dozen Republican senators led by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) last week requested that the U.S. Treasury Department improve protections for America’s community banks via tax relief provided in federal laws. The lawmakers have requested that the final rule Read more…
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are supporting bipartisan legislation that would inform investments in the nation’s transportation systems and improve access for Americans. Toward that goal, the Connecting Opportunities through Mobility Metrics and Unlocking Transportation Efficiencies Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Oct. 11 introduced the bipartisan Fair Access for Individuals to Receive (FAIR) Leave Act. S. 3593 would ensure that married couples who work for the same employer receive equal amounts of leave under specific Read more…
If the United States plans military action against Syria for its illegal use of chemical weapons, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, wants assurances that the federal government Read more…
U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) cited the benefits coming to their home-state farmers in light of the preliminary United States trade agreement with Mexico announced by the White House on Read more…