WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $22,000 to the City of Galion. The funds will provide economic relief to Galion Municipal Airport for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airpo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $32,000 to the Licking County Regional Airport Authority and Licking County Commissioners. The funds will provide economic relief to Newark-Heath Airport for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service paym  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $32,000 to the Seneca County Board of Commissioners. The funds will provide economic relief to Seneca County Airport for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pat  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $4 million to help combat substance use and opioid use disorders in rural communities in Ohio. $3 million comes from HRSA's Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) and has been awarded across three Ohi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 9, 2021: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement applauding the Biden Administration for renominating Chair Todd Harper to the Board of Directors of the National Credit Union Association (NCUA). "Todd Harper has worked on a bipartisan basis   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauds the Department of Education's (DOE) decision to respect the authority of states to regulate student loan servicing companies that operate within their borders. This announcement means states can increase oversight and accountability and better ensure that federal student loan borrowers, students, and taxpayers are protected. "Today is a good day for t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following floor remarks on Aug. 9, 2021, on housing infrastructure: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs today took to the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to support the robust investments in housing that are included in this week's budget resolution. Brown specifically pushed for in  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: We're on the verge of an historic investment in Ohio infrastructure that will create good-paying jobs in communities all over the state. And one of the most critical parts of this effort is our plan to rebuild Ohio bridges, with American materials made by American workers. Right now, there are more than 3,200 bridges across Ohio that need repairs to make them safer and to reduce congestion, so people can get to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following transcript of an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box: * * * In an interview this morning on CNBC's Squawk Box, Senator Rob Portman touted the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act - landmark legislation he helped craft to upgrade and modernize America's aging infrastructure. The Senate will vote on final passage of the legislation tomorrow morning. Portman also discussed the ongoing efforts to provide greater clarity   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Ed Markey (D-MA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) introduced a resolution marking the one-year anniversary of the fraudulent presidential election in Belarus that installed Alexander  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) introduced the Automatic Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Major Disasters and Critical Events Act, which is included in the major bipartisan infrastructure package, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. This legislation will amend the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the tax filing  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Automatic Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Major Disasters and Critical Events Act, which is included in the major bipartisan infrastructure package, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This legislation will amend the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) provision which permits the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the tax filing deadline  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Mark Warner (D-VA), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) today announced an agreement on an amendment to clarify digital asset reporting requirements in the infrastructure bill. "There's broad agreement that digital asset exchanges behaving as brokers should be required to report transactions just like other kinds of brokers already do.   more