Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst to Deliver Republican Response to Next Week’s State of the Union
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Joni For Iowa(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Newly-elected Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, will deliver the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
Ernst, who is the first woman to represent Iowa in Congress, said Thursday that she was “truly humbled and honored to have this opportunity to deliver the Republican address.” She further noted that “growing up on a southwest Iowa farm years ago I never, never would have imagined that I would have this opportunity.”
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., no stranger to public speaking, congratulated the Iowa senator on Instagram on Thursday, even providing a tip from his own experience.
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