WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 9, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced $32,594,306 in federal grant funding for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The American Rescue Plan Act, signed by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, allocated $8 billion in funding available to airports across the country to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic and its e  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 9, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, released the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Energy awarding $2 million to Cleveland, OH's Eaton Corporation, and $1.6 million to Lakewood, OH's NeoGraf Solutions LLC in support of their efforts to develop clean hydrogen technologies. "Next-generation hydrogen  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following joint statement on July 9, 2021, with Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, chairman of the Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Appropriations, on need for Senate action to fund the Capitol Police: * * * "The brutal attacks on law enforcement during the January 6 insurrection left physical scars and mental trauma on the men and women of our Capitol Police. It is imperative that we honor t  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following joint statement with Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Connecticut: * * * House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee Chairman Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) and House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the urgent need for Senate action to fund the Capitol Police: "The brutal attacks on law enforcement during the January 6 insurrection left physical scars and mental trauma on the men and   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 9, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded President Biden's decision to fire both the current Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black. Saul and Black were key agents of the Trump agenda to systematically dismantle Social Security. Brown has been calling for the replacement of Saul and Black since February, when he demanded they resign in his first act as the   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the following statement after United States and Mexico announced a course of remediation that seeks to provide the workers of the General Motors facility in Silao, Mexico with the ability to vote on whether to approve and legitimize their collective bargaining agreement in free and democratic conditions. This will also remediate GM's initial denial of the right of fr  more