Tag: Joni Ernst

President Donald Trump endorsed the idea that the Senate should not get an August break if they failed to move a funding bill foward.

Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced legislation on Wednesday to create a National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) explained why she hoped former FBI Director James Comey had done his job “in a non-partisan manner.” Partial transcript as follows: TODD:  I want to get you to respond to this

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) stated that President Trump “needs to send a stronger message” and “come out a little bit stronger” against domestic violence. Ernst said, “I think he needs to send a stronger

“I think he’s going to do very well,” the president said, in response to questions about Moore. “We don’t want to have a liberal democrat in Alabama. Believe me.”

In the wake of the heinous October 1 Las Vegas attack, legislation to ban bump stocks has been introduced and a request that the ATF re-evaluate bump stocks has been made.

During the Sunday New York AM 970 radio broadcast of “The Cats Roundtable,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) slammed the Pentagon over the new state-of-the-art USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier. Ernst said it is “unacceptable” for the aircraft carrier to be

DES MOINES, Iowa — Sen. Joni Ernst’s second annual Roast and Ride brought out more voters and bikers to the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday than her inaugural event last June, which she held in Boone, Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump received a rockstar welcome from roughly two-thousand people when he took the stage as “I’m Proud to Be an American” played from the speakers at Sen. Joni Ernst’s second annual Roast and Ride in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday.

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Real Story,” presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said his vice-presidential list includes 10 people with “very big names.” When asked about potential running mates Trump said, “I’m actually looking at ten people. Three

CNN reported Monday on “New Day” that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is vetting Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) as a potential vice-presidential pick. Political analyst Maggie Haberman admitted that there is no “consensus candidate” or “top choice” for Trump at this

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) discussed Memorial Day during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as Follows: “Hi, I’m Joni Ernst and I have the honor of serving the great state of Iowa in the United States Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats and Republican lawmakers alike are lambasting Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert McDonald for playing down the fatal impact of the wait times at VA medical centers by comparing them to lines at Disneyland.

The illegal immigrant now charged with killing 21-year-old Sarah Root while street-racing drunk in Omaha entered the U.S. as an “unaccompanied minor.” The Obama administration then placed him in the custody of his brother, another illegal immigrant.

In Iowa this afternoon, Sen. Marco Rubio was introduced at a rally by his Senate colleague Joni Ernst of Iowa. As she took the stage, Ernst repeated her promise not to endorse anyone before the Iowa caucuses, but explained why

Sen. Joni Ernst will join a rally with Sen. Marco Rubio in Iowa next week, calling her Senate colleague a “strong conservative and a good friend.”

Carly Fiorina will be the only presidential candidate invited to speak at the 2016 March for Life rally because, according to the event’s president, she embodies the theme of this year’s march: “Pro-Life and Pro-Woman Go Hand-In-Hand.”

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa—During his 99 county campaign tour through the Hawkeye state, GOP presidential candidate Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) name-dropped here and there, as he spoke about reforming Washington.

From Politico:  In a fluid race where there’s no consensus frontrunner and even the eventual size of the presidential field is up in the air, there’s one thing that most Republicans can agree on: In Iowa at least, Scott Walker

Republican presidential candidates acted as if two bomb threats on Saturday never happened.

DES MOINES, Iowa — In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News and the LA Times, Iowa GOP Chairman Jeff Kauffman discussed 2016 candidates and issues. “I get that question a lot…I don’t know specifically about Rubio and immigration,” he said

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined the push to cut back former presidents’ federal benefits on Thursday by introducing the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2015.

Newly announced presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and potential Republican candidate Carly Fiorina will headline the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List’s Campaign for Life Gala and Summit on April 16, 2015 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Avowed pork-busting freshman U.S. Senator from Iowa Joni Ernst (R-IA) wants to keep alive the enthusiasm that won Republicans a majority in the United States Senate as we move into the 2016 Presidential election.

America is not made great by its government. Passive “hope for change” is worth nothing compared to active effort. Our true recovery will not be a matter of pouring another $60 billion into the leaky administrative bucket of public education. Recovery will be delivered by people who want an education so badly that they’ll go to school on rainy days with bread bags over their shoes to keep them dry.

Freshman Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is coming under fire for her failure to address what many consider to be one of the biggest constitutional overreaches by a president in U.S. history in her prime time response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

Pro-amnesty Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), in delivering the Republican’s Spanish-language response to the State of the Union (SOTU) address, called on Obama to cooperate with the GOP in crafting “permanent solutions to our immigration system.” Freshman Rep. Curbelo did not challenge the president on illegal immigration or executive amnesty.

Freshman GOP Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) did not oppose President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty in her State of the Union response on Tuesday evening. Ernst claimed that the “new Republican Congress you just elected” has “heard the message you sent

Immediately following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) will deliver the Republican response to the nation. Follow Breitbart.tv on Twitter @BreitbartVideo

Citing the “verve and tenacity” of Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa displayed on the campaign trail in 2014, Newsweek calls her the “smart pick” to handle the GOP’s response to Obama’s upcoming State of the Union address set for Tuesday.