NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: U.S. Representative Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16) attended the renaming ceremony of the North Canton Post Office in honor of Lance Corporal Stacy Dryden, who lost her life in Iraq in 2008. Gonzalez was joined by members of the Dryden family and North Canton Mayor Stephan Wilder. "I would like to thank the Dryden family for permitting Stacy's name to be displayed at this public facilit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2021, at the conclusion of the committee's consideration of the budget reconciliation bill: * * * "There's a crisis at the southern border, our fundamental liberties are under attack, inflation is skyrocketing, crime is up in major cities, and Americans are still stranded in Afghanistan. "Rather than address these real problems, Democrats ch  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force, released the following statement after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed a nearly $60 billion reconciliation bill that included her request for $350 million in funding for a state-of-the-art Great Lakes heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard. The House Transportation and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $250,000 grant to the city of Steubenville to install a new water transmission line and construct a water storage tank. The funds will help provide better service to the 127 businesses and 2,944 households in the West End Service District of Steubenville. "Strong water and sewer infrastr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded a total of $3,503,330 in funding through five grant programs to provide support to communities and health care providers across Ohio. The funding from the five grant programs will go toward a multifaceted appro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $322,000 grant to the Village of Middleport to replace undersized waterlines with the correct size piping to carry the volumes of water and meet the demand and to secure three water well pits. The funds will help provide better service to 42 businesses and 857 households. "Strong water a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) has awarded 12 grants, totaling $169,098, to agriculture producers and small businesses across Ohio. These grants will allow these businesses to invest in renewable energy and energy efficient improvements. "Ensuring rural businesses and agricultural   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: In Case You Missed It: Today, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questioned Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair, Gary Gensler, about Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) and how they affect the market, referencing the case of Lordstown Motor Company (LMC) as one example in a broader trend. In July, followi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following floor statement on Sept. 14, 2021: * * * In Case You Missed It: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown called on the Senate last night to pass his Stock Buyback Accountability Act, new legislation to encourage companies to invest in the real economy instead of in Wall Street shareholder giveaways in the form of stock buybacks. Brown's bill would assess a two percent excise tax on the amount spent by a publicly traded company on buyi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - issued the following statement after the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the Department of Treasury's release of letter agreements to suspend and review restrictions on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's (the GSEs) business activities. The Trump Administration announced the restrict  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: United States Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and Tina Smith (D-MN), sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in support of a recent re-interpretation of Department policy that will significantly enhance oversight and acco  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senators Steve Daines (R-MT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today to introduce a bipartisan bill to award the 13 American servicemembers who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26th with Congressional Gold Medals. "We should pass this legislation to honor the 13 brave servicemembers who died as heroes serving th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2021: In Case You Missed It: An article from The New Republic today highlighted the push U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is leading in Congress to extend the American Rescue Plan expansions of the Child Tax Credit (CTC). Families began automatically receiving monthly CTC payments of up to $300 per child in July and Brown is working to extend these critical tax cuts in the upcoming family infrast  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following opening statement on Sept. 14, 2021: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled "Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: Welcome, Chair Gensler. Five months ago today, the Senate confirmed you as Chair of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following transcript of an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox News: * * * In an interview this afternoon with Fox News' Neil Cavuto, Senator Rob Portman discussed the United States' recent chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, which led to a weakened standing for the U.S. on the world stage. He also discussed Secretary Blinken's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, of which Senator Portman is a member. Portma  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 15, 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 August 2021 regarding the crisis at our southern border: "Once again, CBP operationa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced their bipartisan Promoting Readiness and Ensuring Proper Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Reserves of Essential Medicines (PREPARE) Act of 2021. The PREPARE Act, introduced yesterday, would create an emergency supply of key ingredients used in essential generic medicines and incentivize domestic manufacturing of these  more