YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today announced two U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant awards of over $1.27 million - with Ohio North East Health System of Youngstown receiving $747,863 and Asian Services of Akron receiving $529,315. The grant awards, funded by the American Rescue Plan, will allow for the expansion and construction needed to continue the fight against the COVID  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) joined Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) today to introduce the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act to help bring solar panel manufacturing back to America, create good-paying jobs, and free the U.S. from dependence on foreign solar panel manufacturers like China. Ryan and Kildee's legislation in the House was also introduced by Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in the U  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Congressman Turner (OH-10) and members of the House Armed Services Committee received testimony from Secretary of Defense Austin, General Mark A. Milley, and General McKenzie, on the ending of the U.S. military mission to Afghanistan. Following the hearing, Rep. Turner released the following statement: "Today, I asked Gen. McKenzie for critical information related to the August 29th failed  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $33,912,927 in Capital Improvement awards to 50 community health care centers across Ohio. These funds will allow health care centers to support construction, expansion, alteration, renovation, and other capi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) staff hosted a virtual roundtable with southwest and western Ohio County Veteran Service Office Directors, Commissioners, and staff. Brown's office will take the veterans' priorities back to Washington, where the Senator sits on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. "Our veterans answered the call to serve, and we have a responsibility to make sure they have everything t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined Senators Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), in introducing legislation to codify the Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative. W-GDP, which was established in February 2019 as a groundbreak  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted the importance of properly preparing for natural disasters at a hearing titled "Addressing the Threat of Worsening Natural Disasters." Portman discussed the importance of local respon  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: In a new op-ed for the Dayton Daily News, Senator Portman, Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, outlined the evolving threats to U.S. homeland security 20 years after 9/11. Portman highlighted how the catastrophic withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan leaving the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today regarding testimony of top military officials in the Biden administration before Congress contradicting statements from President Biden regarding the administration's plan to fully withdraw from Afghanistan by August 31: "I strongly disagreed with President Biden's decision to withdra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined his colleagues in introducing the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation designed to provide state and local law enforcement with high-tech devices to detect and identify dangerous drugs like fentanyl. The POWER Act would establish a new grant program through the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help state and local l  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Sima Merick, President of the National Emergency Managers Association and Executive Director Ohio Emergency Management Agency, agreed with U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that the $1 billion investment in Building Resilient Infra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) along with U.S. Representatives Conor Lamb (D-PA) and David Joyce (R-OH), reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to provide state and local law enforcement with high-tech devices to detect and identify dangerous drugs like fentanyl. The Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act would establish a new grant program through the U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia's (RFA) inaugural broadcast into China and its mission to provide an independent source of news to closed societies in Asia. In the House, a similar resolution will soon be introduced by Representatives Jim McGo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the Outdoors for All Act, legislation that would create a dedicated source of funding for projects that expand outdoor recreational opportunities in urban and low-income communities across the nation. This bipartisan bill is being led by Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragan (D-Calif.) and Congressman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) in the U  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Coons (D-DE), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia's (RFA) inaugural broadcast into China and its mission to provide an independent source of news to closed societies in Asia. In the House, a similar resolution will soon be introduced by Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) an  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to require critical infrastructure owners and operators to report to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) if t  more