YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan is announcing today a $368,466 grant for Family & Community Services from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for service and volunteering to support a new AmeriCorps VISTA Project. The project will fund 18 full-time positions and provide up to $133,010 in additional funding for education scholarships for the AmeriCorps VISTA members to help pay for college, vocational trainin  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) presses the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to move swiftly to clear the IRS tax refund backlog so Ohioans receive their money as soon as possible. Ryan joined a letter with 34 of his House colleagues to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig urging him to quickly provide tax refunds to deliver economic relief to taxpayers. The processing center where Ohio residents send paper returns had a bac  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the city of Huron. The funds will be used to help the community recover from the economic fallout brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic by funding the reconstruction of the Sawmill Parkway, an essential roadway that serves Er  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the National Park Service (NPS) has awarded a $661,724 grant to the City of Cleveland to develop Clark Avenue Park. Funding has been awarded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) as part of the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) program. The project includes landscaping and infrastructure improvements, and will install a splash pad, play equip  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is investing $2 billion to support and modernize the unemployment insurance system. The funding expansion comes as part of the American Rescue Plan that Congress passed in March, which Brown helped write and pass to provide critical assistance for Ohioans. Brown introduced the Unemployment Insurance Technology   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12) in reintroducing legislation that would mandate the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimburse veterans' emergency health care expenses from non-VA facilities that are not covered by the veteran's private insurance. This bicameral legislation follows the 2016 Staab v. McDonald and 20  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) praised the $2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) to the city of Huron, Ohio, to reconstruct Sawmill Parkway, a critical roadway that serves Erie County's largest industrial park. According to the EDA, this grant, to be matched with $1.3 million in local funds, is expected to create 321  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 12, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics for July 2021 regarding the crisis at our southern border: "I am concerned that month afte  more