WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Mike Rounds (R-SD), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced that their bipartisan priority to p  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: Today U.S. Representatives Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), Sean Casten (IL-06), Peter Meijer (MI-03), and Bill Foster (IL-11) introduced the National Nuclear University Research Infrastructure Reinvestment Act of 2021, a bill designed to enhance the educational and research capabilities of nuclear science and engineering programs, meet the workforce needs of the U.S. nuclear industry, and accelerat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Great Lakes Program has awarded $7,000,000 to the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) to restore fish passage, enhance ecologically beneficial habitat, and stabilize streambanks by removing the concrete flume and applying a raised-bed approach along the main stem of West Creek. The fundi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that the Senate's bipartisan infrastructure bill will include his Bridge Investment Act and his Build America Buy America Act, two bills he has led for years to create and support jobs in Ohio communities, and make local economies more competitive. The Bridge Investment Act would provide significant funding to repair and replace nationally and re  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mark Warner (D-VA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Jon Tester (D-MT) issued the following statement: "Over the last four days we have worked day and night to finalize historic legislation that will invest in our nation's hard infrastructure and c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) hailed the historic broadband investment in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which mirrors the bipartisan BRIDGE Act they introduced earlier this year. If passed, this would be the largest federal broadband investment in U.S. history. IIJA provides $65 billion for broadband, over $40  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH), along with Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16), Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), Steve Chabot (R-OH-1), Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10), Bill Johnson (R-OH-6), David P. Joyce (R-OH-14), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-2), Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), Troy Balderson (R-OH-12), Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7), and Warren Davidson (  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), and Warren Davidson (R-OH-8), sent a letter urging F  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Rep. Trent Kelly, 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 i  more