On May 19, 2023, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is joining a bipartisan effort to improve resources for animal disease preparedness, including Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), African Swine Fever (ASF), and Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) that continue to pose a significant threat to Iowa’s agriculture.
During Mental Health Awareness Month, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, are building off of their bipartisan efforts to provide our nation’s agricultural community with critical mental health support and resources.
On May 17, 2023, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined the bipartisan Taxpayers and Savers Protection (TSP) Act, which would ban the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) from steering federal retirement savings to China.
Attorney General Bird joined Governor Reynolds for a roundtable discussion with local law enforcement and signing of the fentanyl bill they partnered on to increase penalties for drug users and dealers.
Iowa's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending May 6, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), and 19 Republican colleagues issued a clear rebuke of U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s proposed changes to Title IX and condemned the Biden administration’s plan to force schools to allow biological males to compete against women in sports.
Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are leading a bipartisan effort directing increased federal attention to fentanyl trafficking by utilizing the tools of the Department of Defense (DoD) and involving Mexico as an active partner to combat this crisis and disrupt Mexican cartel activity.