BATAVIA, Ohio, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) met with Clermont County's Quick Response Team (QRT), a group of law enforcement, first responders, and treatment professionals who work together to encourage individuals who have recently overdosed to explore treatment options. Clermont County's QRT is a part of Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services. Portman also met with an individual who participated in the SOR progr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) met with leadership from Clermont Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to see a nutrient reduction project on a tributary to Harsha Lake. The Clermont SWCD received $54,843 in funding through a U.S. Department of Agriculture - National Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) Conservatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Subcommittee on National Security Ranking Member Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), U.S. Representative Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio), and Oversight Republicans sent a letter to Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) requesting an immediate full Committee hearing to cond  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined 45 Senate colleagues, of both parties, in urging the Biden administration to take swift, robust action to protect and support Afghan women leaders facing unparalleled danger following the Taliban's violent sweep across Afghanistan and seizure of Kabul. In a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 18, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - issued the following statement on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) announcement of their proposed rule establishing new affordable housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the government-sponsored   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - issued the following statement on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) announcement of their proposed rule establishing new affordable housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the government-sponsored enterprises, or GSEs). The proposed rule includes a new benchmark to assess the GSEs' acti  more

WHEELING, West Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh and United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International Secretary-Treasurer Brian Sanson toured American Consolidated Natural Resources Ohio County Coal Resources Inc. Golden Ridge Portal Mine to view underground mining operations. Senator Manchin and Secretary Walsh also discussed the impacts the bipartis  more