WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: In the 119th Congress, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will join the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and become chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in addition to continuing her roles on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Senate Armed Services Committee. "In this new Republican majority, I'm ready to hit the ground run  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: RED OAK, Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Original Saw Company of Hancock County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. "A testament to American manufacturing, the Original Saw Company has been dedicated to making radial arm saws and craft  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Incoming U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement previewing the upcoming work of the committee. "Helping my mom and dad around the family farm and watching my dad juggle the farm with his construction business taught me the value of hard work," said Ernst."In Iowa and across the country, small businesses are the lifeblood of the econo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: In the first week of the 119th Congress, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) took action on her leading priority of putting taxpayers first by introducing a trio of bills to reform Washington by relocating federal agency headquarters and workers across the country and closer to the people they serve. After a decade of exposing waste, fraud, and abuse through her "Squeal Awards," Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Ernst has fo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and the entire Senate Republican Conference in reintroducing legislation to fight crime stemming from illegal immigration. Companion legislation introduced by Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) passed the House of Representatives  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today resumed his role as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, following the Senate's unanimous passage of an organizing resolution appointing committee leaders in the 119th Congress. "I'm honored to lead the Judiciary Committee once again," Grassley said. "As Chairman, I'm tasked with defending the Constitution, our nation's most cherished document, and upholding the  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), in their respective capacities as Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee during the 118th Congress, released a bipartisan staff report on the findings of their investigation into the ways in which private equity investment in health care has negative consequences for patients and providers. The Committee focused on  more