WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today announces that the full House Appropriations Committee has passed the Energy and Water Appropriations bill which funds a number of important national initiatives and several of Congressman Ryan's priorities, including electric vehicle technology, battery manufacturing efforts, and money for river cleanup efforts. Youngstown State University, BRITE Energy Incubator  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan today announces $3 million in federal funding for projects in Summit and Portage Counties that he secured through the House Appropriations Community Projects Funding (CPF) process. Projects include $1 for the Akron Civic Commons Lock 3 Park Project, $1 million for the Summa Health Sr. Ignatia Heritage and Reflection Center, and $1 million for the University Hospitals Portage Br  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan today announces he secured nearly $15 million dollars in federal funding for Mahoning and Trumbull Counties through the House Appropriations Community Projects Funding (CPF) process. Ryan, who is Chairman of the House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee and Vice-Chair of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, secured all ten projects he submitted for - a total of nearly $18 m  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, applauded Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Sandra Thompson for rescinding the additional 50 basis point adverse market fee charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) for all refinance  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, applauded Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Sandra Thompson for rescinding the additional 50 basis point adverse market fee charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) for all refinance loans. Senator Brown led a group of 15 Senate Democrats last year i  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement on July 15, 2021, at a hearing entitled "Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress": * * * Our economy is growing because of the American Rescue Plan and the Biden-Harris Administration's leadership. We're putting shots in arms and money in pockets. Families have a little bit extra to help pay the bills - beginning today, most paren  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: With the COVID-19 delta variant on the rise, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), introduced legislation today to promote federal worker safety and ensure that employees and their families are well informed about COVID-19 protective measures in the workplace. This legislation would provide crit  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on July 16, 2021, after the U.S. Customs and Border Protection released operational statistics for June 2021 regarding the crisis at our southern border: * * * "I find it very troubling that CBP operational statistics show that we are seeing the worst June for unlawful migration in more than twenty years and border encounters contin  more