WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Sievert's Furniture & Floors of Emmet County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties.

"For over 50 years, Sievert's Furniture & Floors has been furnishing excellence by providing the Emmet County community with mattresses, recliners, flooring, and so much more," said Chair Ernst. "Doc and Judy grew Sievert's from a small appliance business into a chair-ished furniture and flooring company that continues to give back to the folks in Estherville."

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