WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Portman came to the Senate floor to discuss the need to ensure we focus on the worsening addiction crisis in the United States. After making substantial gains in combatting addiction, the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a new wave of addiction in this country. In July, the CDC released preliminary data showing that more than 93,331 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2020, a record high. A major contribu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Portman delivered remarks on the Senate floor to highlight the benefits of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and called on the House of Representatives to pass the historic legislation without further delay. The bipartisan bill passed the Senate nearly three months ago on a bipartisan vote of 69-30. As Portman noted, this infrastructure legislation will improve competitiveness and not add to th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: Yesterday, Representative Tim Ryan and a bipartisan Congressional delegation filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the fight to restore the lost pensions of the Delphi Salaried Retirees. Fifteen other Representatives signed onto the brief along with Senator Rob Portman (OH). You can view the brief here: https://turner.house.gov/_cache/files/b/0/b0993fc7-576a-4fb4-b418-66df6af73bbb/F  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: Yesterday, Congressman Mike Turner filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the fight to restore the lost pensions of the Delphi Salaried Retirees. Sixteen other members of the House of Representatives signed onto this brief along with Senator Rob Portman (OH). "Since 2009, I have been fighting to help restore the pension benefits to the Delphi Salaried Retirees. Yesterday, I con  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Following a report that the White House had the Pentagon delay a hypersonic missile test, Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement: "We recently heard from General Hyten that the U.S. has only conducted nine hypersonic missile tests in the last five years, while China has executed hundreds of tests. We are now behind," said Turner. "This is especially concerning given President Biden's repor  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: U.S. Senator and Chair of the Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, Sherrod Brown (D-OH), joined Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge for a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the #WoodhillUpNext Transformation Plan in Cleveland's Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood. Earlier this year, HUD awarded the City of Cleveland and the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority a $  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: Americans need to be able to trust that government officials are working in the best interest of the public - not abusing their positions for their own personal gain. Over the past few months, we've learned that officials at the Federal Reserve have been buying and selling individual stocks, at the same time as the Fed was taking extraordinary action that could affect global markets - the same markets they were  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), John Thune (R-S.D.), and several of their colleagues yesterday sent a bipartisan letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure requesting an update on CMS efforts to streamline prior authorization protocols across programs, including Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The senators commended the Biden-Ha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) reintroduced legislation to enhance commercialization services for federally funded research and development. The Research Advancing to Market Production (RAMP) for Innovators Act would support American innovators by expediting application processes for two federal small business programs, improving technical and business assistance, and makin  more