WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: During a hearing titled: "Threats to the Homeland: Evaluating the Landscape 20 Years After 9/11," Biden administration officials agreed with U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that the United States faces an increased threat due to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) was announced as one of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions' (CRES) Clean Energy Champions for 2021. CRES annually honors federal policymakers who have gone above and beyond in driving and supporting clean energy legislation. Portman is one of four 2021 awardees who will be formally recognized at the CRES Clean Energy Champions Reception tonight -- the second day of Nationa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: This afternoon on Fox News' America Reports with John Roberts & Sandra Smith, Senator Rob Portman, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed the ongoing crisis in Del Rio, Texas, which is a direct result of the Biden administration's decision to dismantle the pr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) offered an amendment to the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would help the United States combat the Taliban's most significant source of income: its illicit opium trade. "The Taliban has consistently harmed Americans and undermined American interests," said Congressman Joyce. "Now they have a greater capacity to do so with billions of dollars-worth of captured  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) appeared today before the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) to advocate for the Domtar employees and more broadly, the Southwest Ohio community. Domtar is a leading manufacturer of thermal paper and is an influential employer in Southwest Ohio with a main production site in West Carrollton. Following the hearing, Congressman Turner made th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra requesting the names of all individuals serving on the review committee overseeing the Potent  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $50,000 investment through the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative to the University of Cincinnati. The investment will help the university's Clermont County Campus and its partners to form a consortium in Adams, Brown, and Clermont Counties to gather information, evaluate f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $50,000 investment through the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative to the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments in Youngstown. This investment will help fund the Voltage Valley Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - Regionalization Study, which will analyze and develop a regional ut  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $1,493,716 investment through the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative to the Outdoor Recreation Council of Appalachia in Athens. This investment will help fund the Gateway Communities and Sustainable Recreation project: An Asset-based Approach to Building Resilient Communiti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $4,745,268 investment through the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative for seven Ohio communities. The investment will help create and retain jobs, leverage millions of dollars in private investment, create and retain businesses, and train the region's workers and students.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - released the following statement in response to a letter from Ranking Member Toomey regarding new transit and housing funding in the House reconciliation bill. "The House reconciliation bill would - for the first time ever - allow the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Transit   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 21, 2021: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - released the following statement in response to a letter from Ranking Member Toomey regarding new transit and housing funding in the House reconciliation bill. "The House reconciliation bill would - for the first tim  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement on Sept. 21, 2021, at a nomination hearing for Alan Estevez, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, Thea Kendler, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Alexia Latortue, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Graham Steele, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. * * * The Committee meets today t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation to authorize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to reward whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to the CFPB with financial compensation. Whistleblower statutes protect people from unfair practices, fraud, and abuse. The bill is cosponsored by Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, outlined the threats to our nation at a hearing titled: "Threats to the Homeland: Evaluating the Landscape 20 Years After 9/11." Portman highlighted how the catastrophic withdrawal of American tr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed the ongoing crisis at the southern border at a hearing titled: "Threats to the Homeland: Evaluating the Landscape 20 Years After 9/11." The ongoing border crisis is due to the Biden admin  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is calling on Democrats to uphold President Biden's agreement not to "double-dip" by pumping billions of more dollars into mass transit as part of the Democrats' new tax-and-spending spree. In a letter (https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) expressing serious concerns about a disturbing series of assumptions and omissions that distort the findings of the USITC June 2021 report on the economic impact of numerous U.S. tra  more