WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. "Twenty years after the enemies of democracy and freedom unleashed terror on our homeland, the horror we feel today is as clear and traumatizing as it was that Tuesday morning. "The lives of nearly 3,000 of our fellow Americans were brutally cut short, leaving husbands and wi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, announced the introduction of the Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security Act (H.R. 5173), legislation that would establish two new programs to bolster urban agriculture in communities across the nation. Joining Rep. Rush in introducing the legislation were U.S. Representatives Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)  more

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today announced that the City of Akron has received $7,544,233 in federal funding to hire additional firefighters through the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program. This program is administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). "I want to congratulate Mayor Dan Horrigan, Chief   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that NeighborWorks America has awarded a $472,305 Housing Stability Counseling Program grant to Famicos Foundation in Cleveland. This grant will help provide critical housing counseling services to individuals and families who have struggled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This award is made possible through the American Rescue Plan, which  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that NeighborWorks America has awarded a $76,739 Housing Stability Counseling Program grant to East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation Inc. in Akron. This grant will help provide critical housing counseling services to individuals and families who have struggled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This award is made possible through th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that NeighborWorks America has awarded a $92,254 Housing Stability Counseling Program grant to NeighborWorks Toledo. This grant will help provide critical housing counseling services to individuals and families who have struggled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This award is made possible through the American Rescue Plan, which Brown helpe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that NeighborWorks America has awarded a $144,555 Housing Stability Counseling Program grant to Neighborhood Housing Partnership of Greater Springfield, Inc. This grant will help provide critical housing counseling services to individuals and families who have struggled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This award is made possible through th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that NeighborWorks America has awarded a $299,220 Housing Stability Counseling Program grant to The Home Ownership Center of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. This grant will help provide critical housing counseling services to individuals and families who have struggled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This award is made possible through the Americ  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following remarks on Sept. 10, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) issued the following statement honoring the lives lost 20 years ago during the attacks on September 11, 2001. "As we mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks tomorrow, let us reflect on the memories of every life we lost. We honor and thank those who responded to the call to action that day, and every day since - our first responders, our m  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 10, 2021: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced new fines on Wells Fargo: "Wells Fargo has yet again demonstra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Following the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Sen. Padilla (D-CA) and 24 of their Senate colleagues in calling on President Biden to continue the safe relocation of Afghan refugees, evacuees, and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants currently residing in third countries to the United States. The letter urges the Administration to take immediate steps to exp  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined a virtual roundtable with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) members from throughout Ohio to discuss issues confronting workers due to the ongoing COVID-19. "So many of you have been on the front lines of this pandemic, risking your lives so that Americans can keep food on their table and get their medicine and all the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: Our grandparents built it - but we haven't maintained it. Our roads, our airports, and our bridges are crumbling. Our transit technology is outdated. We have lead in too many pipes and too many communities are still without broadband. We are about to change that, with the bipartisan infrastructure plan the Senate passed in August. This summer, I've been all over our state talking to workers and business owner  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 10, 2021: * * * U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) released the following statement after Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation to impose a two percent tax on stock buybacks. "I'm astonished my Democrat colleagues think it's a good idea to punish a company  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2021: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) unveiled new legislation to prioritize real investment in the economy over Wall Street shareholder giveaways in the form of stock buybacks. The senators' Stock Buyback Accountability Act would assess a two percent excise tax on the amount spent by a publicly-traded company on buying back its own stock, helping to reinvest in the economy  more