WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: This morning on Fox Business' Varney & Co, Senator Portman joined host Stuart Varney to discuss the current bipartisan infrastructure package, including real core infrastructure, with no tax increases. Senator Portman addressed Senator Bernie Sanders' support for the president's $6 trillion infrastructure proposal, saying that the proposal is not about infrastructure, but about social spending t  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), the Vice Chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, has secured $100 million in federal funding for research and development initiatives that could benefit northeast Ohio businesses and universities. Ryan fought to receive funding for additive manufacturing, hypersonics, advanced industrial coatings, and renewable energy technologies, and other programs to improve the safety   more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded 12 grants to city governments, county governments, and universities located in southeast Ohio, totaling more than $2 million. The funds will be used to help make necessary repairs to airports and their critical infrastructure. "Ohio airports  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Rural Development has awarded $7,503,000 to two southeast Ohio communities to fund water infrastructure projects. "Strong water and sewer infrastructure is critical to Ohio communities' ability to be economically competitive," Brown said. "This funding will help attract jobs and bus  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a nominations hearing for Arun Venkataraman to be assistant secretary of Commerce and director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, and Damon Y. Smith to be general counsel of the Housing and Urban Development Department: * * * We will consider two nominations for the Commerce Department's U.S. and Foreign Commercial Se  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, traveled to Guatemala City as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation led by Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.). During their visit, the bipartisan delegation met with President Alejandro Giammattei and Fo  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that following his efforts to ensure fairness for smaller metropolitan areas, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has canceled a proposed change that would have increased the pop  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, a bill to improve the federal permitting process for some of the largest infrast  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on July 13, 2021: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced the Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, a bill to improve the federal permitting process for some of the largest infrastructure projects and build on efforts to update this process in 2015. "If we are going to grow our economy, build out vital infrastructure, and pr  more