WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: Today during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz on the recent reversal of the de  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Troy Balderson, along with 160 House Republican colleagues, joined in a letter to President Biden Wednesday evening urging the Administration to reevaluate its priorities and reverse course on the harmful policies that have led to a worsening of the country's supply chain crisis and subsequent higher prices on everyday items. "The destructive policies coming out of the White House are making matt  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) joined his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in standing up to Joe Biden's efforts to spy on hardworking Americans by monitoring their bank accounts. Johnson joined his colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Yellen calling on her to abandon these efforts, and he cosponsored the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act which wou  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) joined Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Republican Leader Sam Graves and 158 of his colleagues in urging the Biden administration to address the global supply chain and ports crisis. "We must address the global supply chain and ports crisis before Congress even considers additional social spending and taxation legislation. Our priority right now should be strengthen  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) reintroduced the Congressional Maker Caucus which will connect members to their local makers, educate Congress and the public about the maker movement, support emerging technologies, and ensure that emerging regulations are designed to support makers and ancillary industries. The innovation and creativity that has long defined the Ame  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at an Oct. 21, 2021, hearing entitled "How Private Equity Landlords are Changing the Housing Market": * * * One thing seems to be pretty much certain in this economy: no matter what happens to most Americans - a financial crisis, a global pandemic - Wall Street will find a way to profit off of everybody else's pain. We all remember 2008  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 21, 2021: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after the Federal Reserve announced new policies around officials and senior staff owning and trading individual stocks. "Today's announcement is a start, but we can't let up now. "My coming legis  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following opening statement on Oct. 21, 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 "How Private Equity Landlords are Changing the Housing Market." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: One thing seems to be pretty much certain in this economy: no matter what happens   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), joined by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, held a roundtable discussion at which they heard directly from law enforcement experts and victims of the administration's reckless immigration policies. The senators held the roundtable amid an unprecedented surge in illegal crossin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing entitled "Safeguarding Inspector General Independence and Integrity" and highlighted his upcoming bipartisan IG Independence and Empowerment Act which will bols  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed expert witness Allison Lerner, Chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, regarding testimonial subpoena authority guardrails in his upcoming bipartisan IG In  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) wrote to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai, requesting that 301 penalty duties be assessed to all imported finished state personal protective equipment (PPE) and key raw material inputs, including single-use N95 and KN95 masks, reusable and surgical masks, and surgical gowns. A 2018 investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Ac  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to the inspectors general of the Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 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 the bipartisan Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence (GOOD AI) Act to secure and protect information handled by federal contra  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to the Inspectors General of t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2021: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today sent a letter to the inspectors general of the Departmen  more