WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 30, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Auto Caucus, joined a bi-partisan group of 21 Members of Congress in a letter urging Congressional leaders to prioritize legislation that includes $2 billion in funding to secure domestic production of semiconductors used the automobile manufacturing industry. The full letter is below. * * * Dear Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCa  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH- 13) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor officially rescinded a rule that limited worker protections for contractors and franchise workers. The rule on joint-employment, which was enacted under the prior Administration, limited the scope of which businesses were considered joint-employers and therefore made it more difficult to hold companies liable for wage   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 30, 2021: Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH) today joined with Representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA), David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) in introducing the bipartisan Battery Material Processing and Component Manufacturing Act, H.R. 4864, which aims to strengthen the domestic battery manufacturing industry by providing grants for the construction or retooling of facilities   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: To ensure that research and technology development carried out by our National Laboratories and other programs stimulates cutting-edge innovation and local economic development, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01-D), the newest member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, introduced the Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act (H.R. 4863) with Rep. Young Kim  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 30, 2021: During a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) pressed Ms. Xochitl Torres Small, nominee to serve as USDA Undersecretary for Rural Development, and Mr. Robert Bonnie, nominee to serve as Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation, on a number of Ohio priorities as the committee considered their nominations. "I look forward to supporting bot  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: Too many Ohioans fall prey to payday and car title lenders that trap them in a cycle of debt. Corporations refuse to pay their workers enough to pay the bills, and the big banks won't make small-dollar loans to help people with unexpected expenses - so Ohioans are forced to turn to these predatory lenders. These loans saddle borrowers with interest rates that regularly top 600 percent, and trap borrowers in a   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) issued the following statement in response to news of the passing of former Michigan Senator Carl Levin. "I was saddened to hear of the passing my friend Carl Levin. During our time together in the Senate, we worked together to promote the interests of our neighboring states. We fought to protect the men and women in the auto manufacturing industries of Ohio and Michigan as c  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following commentary to the Wall Street Journal: * * * In a new op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Senator Portman discusses his new bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a historic investment in repairing and upgrading our nation's crumbling infrastructure. In the op-ed, Senator Portman discusses why he felt it was important to work to negotiate a bipartisan alternative to the Biden administration's $2.65 trillion "infra  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation that would help bolster the federal workforce's understanding of artificial intelligence (AI). The bill would create a training program  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following joint statement with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, on July 30, 2021: * * * Senators Rob Portman and Kyrsten Sinema issued the following statement on the efforts of the bipartisan working group of 22 members to finalize legislative text on the bipartisan infrastructure agreement. "We are close to finalizing legislative text that reflects the work of the bipartisan working group and hope to make it public later today. "Whi  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., along with U.S. Representatives Dean Phillips, D-Minn., and Trent Kelly, R-Miss., celebrated the designation of August 1, 2021 as Gold Star Children's Day. On Thursday, the Senate passed a resolution introduced by Wicker and Manchin to officially set aside this day to recognize the sacrifices of the children of fallen servicemembers. Phillips  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2021: Tech leaders have expressed support for the bipartisan Deepfake Task Force Act introduced by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The legislation will create a task force at the Department of Homeland Sec  more