WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Sept. 22, 2021: * * * Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after voting late last night in support of H.R. 5304, legislation which will avert a shutdown of the federal government, deliver critical emergency relief to communities impacted by recent natural disasters, and prevent a catastrophic default on the nation's debt. Every House Democrat voted for the measure, while Republic  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today voted in support of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, which continues vital federal funding through December 3, provides $28.6 billion in disaster relief, and $6.3 billion to support Afghanistan evacuees as we end the Afghanistan war. Ryan is quarantining at home and cast his vote remotely. "With the serious challenges fa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2021: Congressman Mike Turner last night spoke on the House Floor in support of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. "First and foremost, the bill increases topline defense spending by nearly $25 billion--reversing the harmful and reckless cuts from the President's Budget, ensuring an annual growth of 5 percent over the previous year, and funding the DoD's most critical u  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) made the following statement after the Department of Defense announced that it will award a federal grant to the city of Springfield, OH for construction of a facility to house the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence (NAAMCE) at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport. "This project provides a new research facility for the government, academia, and industry to c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet spoke on the Senate floor with U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) about the expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the need to extend this policy in the Build Back Better Budget. "No matter what county I'm in, people say, 'We are killing ourselves. And no matter what we do, we can't afford some combination   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, hosted a news conference call today on his efforts to improve and reform Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to allow Ohioans to work and save for the future without facing government penalties. Brown is the author and lead sponsor of the SSI Restoration Act which will bring the program   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: United States Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) sent letters to six creators of prominent Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, including David T. Hamamoto, CEO and Chairman of DiamondHead Holdings Corp., who helped create the SPAC involved in acquiring LMC. SPACs are publicly traded shell companies that raise money to buy privat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 22, 2021: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after Rohit Chopra, nominee for Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), was successfully discharged from the Committee. His nomination will next be considered for  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2021: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) released the following statement after the Biden administration launched a coordinated, interagency effort to respond to the health impacts of extreme heat on American workers. Cortez Masto co-led legislation with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) to direct the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Heal  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following transcript of an interview on CNBC's Squawk Box on Sept. 21, 2021: This morning in an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) discussed the Democrats' reckless $3.5 trillion tax and spending spree, underscoring how it would hurt the economy, job creation, and working families who are already paying higher prices at the pump and in grocery stores because of surging inflation. Portman noted that Democrat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, outlined how the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) must safeguard the integrity and efficiency of the federal government at a hearing to consider the nominations of Cathy A. Harris to serve as  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2021: By invitation from the Chairman and Ranking Member, U.S. Senator Portman (R-OH) addressed the Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions) Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety's hearing examining how to get Americans back to work, particularly through apprenticeship training programs. Portman discussed how his bipartisan JOBS Act - bipartisan legislation he introduced with   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent letters to six creators of prominent Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, publicly traded shell companies that raise money to buy private companies and take them public. Their letters raise concerns about abuses by the creators and operators of SPACs, inclu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2021: U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) introduced the bipartisan Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial Recognition Act. The legislation requests President Biden posthumously promote Grant to General of the Armies of the United States, the highest rank in the U.S. Army. U.S. Representative Ann Wagner (Mo.) introduced similar legislation in the House. "Despite the personal setbacks he  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan Ulysses S. Grant Bicentennial Recognition Act. The legislation requests President Biden posthumously promote Grant - a southwest Ohio native born in Point Pleasant on April 27, 1822, and raised in Georgetown, Ohio - to General of the Armies of the United States, the highest rank in the U.S. Army. U.S. Representative Ann Wagner (  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken commending the Biden administration for continuing the United States' long-standing policy to boycott the United Nation's World Conference on Racism, also known as the Durban Conference IV. The Durban Conference, first held in 2001, does not advance the cause of combatting racism, but rather prom  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken commending the Biden Administration for continuing the United States' long-standing policy to boycott the United Nation's World Conference on Racism, also known as the Durban Conference IV. The Durban Conference, first held in 2001, does not advance the cause of combatting racism, but rather promotes a disc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2021: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sent letters to six creators of prominent Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, publicly traded shell companies that raise money to buy private companies and take them public. Their letter  more