{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.ernst.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=AF8405E5-E86B-4FAF-8A1B-BAAE036CFE13", "Ernst Week in Review", "2019-12-07", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Joni Ernst", "E000295", "www.ernst.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Pushing for Properly Fitting Body Armor, Protective Equipment for Female Servicemembers\r\nAfter working closely with soldiers and commanders of the U.S. service branchesincluding meetings with troops and military leaders in Kuwait and Afghanistan just last weekSenator Joni Ernst, the first female combat veteran elected to the Senate, is putting forward a commonsense, bipartisan proposal to ensure body armor and personal protective equipment (PPE) is adequate, properly-fitted, and readily available for female servicemembers.\r\nHaving served in combat and commanded troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and with her own daughter going through training right now at West Point, Senator Ernst understands just how important it is for all servicemembers to be properly equipped for the battlefield. The Washington Times covered Senator Ernst's efforts.\r\n\r\nClick here or the image above to read the article in The Washington Times.\r\nCalling on Congress to Support Our Men and Women in Uniform\r\nOn the heels of her recent bipartisan, bicameral Congressional delegation visit to Kuwait and Afghanistan, Senator Ernst once again called on Congress to support servicemembers and come together to pass the annual defense authorization bill, as well as defense funding for this next fiscal year.\r\nErnst outlined the importance of ensuring our servicemembers, like those she visited in the Middle East just last week, have the necessary resources to carry out their mission of protecting the homeland. The Senator said in part: Our men and women overseas are serving our purpose abroadnow it's time for Congress to serve their purpose.\r\n\r\nClick here or the image above to watch Senator Ernst's remarks.\r\nAmping Up the Pressure on Speaker Pelosi to Move on USMCA\r\nFollowing the one year anniversary of President Trump signing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Senator Ernst, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Energy and Rural Development, continued to call on Speaker Pelosi and her House colleagues to move on the trade agreement. On the Senate floor, she outlined the importance of this agreement for her home state of Iowa.\r\n\r\nClick here or the image above to watch Senator Ernst's floor speech.\r\nSocial Media Highlights\r\n\r\nClick here or the image above to watch Senator Ernst question military leaders on housing conditions for military families.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://www.ernst.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=AF8405E5-E86B-4FAF-8A1B-BAAE036CFE13"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6439519822597504, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}