WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 6, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which passed the Senate in August, has now passed the House of Representatives and is headed to the President's desk. The final bill, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed with several key provisions Brown secured for Ohio communit  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: In response to the Biden administration's publication of the Department of Labor's unconstitutional private sector vaccine mandate, Congressman Bob Gibbs introduced a resolution disapproving of the mandate. In the resolution, Gibbs states Congress has given authority regarding vaccines to multiple agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a major portion of Joe Biden's leftist agenda: "Late tonight, Nancy Pelosi finally forced a vote on a portion of Joe Biden's reckless, leftist agenda. "The House voted on a bill the President refers to as his "infrastructure" legislation that unfortunately has relatively little investment  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Last night, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5), along with Michigan Congressmen Tim Walberg (R-MI07), Jack Bergman (R-MI01), and 10 other House members, sent a letter to President Biden regarding reports of the Biden Administration exploring the possibility of taking action to terminate the Enbridge's Line 5 Pipeline. This pipeline links Superior, Wisconsin, with Sarnia, Ontario. "The devastating consequences of   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Last week, senior member of the House Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), alongside Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Mike Rogers (AL-3), led a group of colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden urging the Biden Administration to take swift action against Russia's most recent buildup at the Ukrainian Border. Earlier this week, Po  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $148,000 to the City of Cincinnati. The funds will provide economic relief to Cincinnati Municipal/Lunken Field Airport for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded four grants to airports in southeast Ohio, totaling $155,000 for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airports. These funds are made possible through the America  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $32,000 to the Pickaway County Airport Authority & Pickaway County Commissioners. The funds will provide economic relief to Pickaway County Memorial Airport for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and comb  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded the City of Cleveland a $500,000 grant to fund the Cleveland Real Time Crime Center Initiative through "Operation Legend". These funds will allow Cleveland to fund overtime and technology costs associated with the crime center initiative and support the city's task force to reduce  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded a $163,227 grant to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office (MCCO) through the Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program. These funds will allow the MCCO to hire a fellow to help perform forensic postmortem examinations. The office fellow will received diversified a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded four grants to airports in Northwest Ohio, totaling $2,134,092 for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airport. These funds are made possible through the Americ  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded Franklin County a $551,737 grant to fund the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney's Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) through the Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence program. These funds will allow the office to create the conviction integrity unit and conduct postconviction DNA   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded three grants to airports in Northeast Ohio, totaling $4,999,910 for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airports. These funds are made possible through the Amer  more

SHELBY, Ohio, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited striking United Steelworkers (USW) in Shelby as they push ArcelorMittal North America to agree to a bargaining agreement that honors the Dignity of Work. "All workers have the right to stand up for fair benefits and hours - and companies do better when they work collaboratively with the workers who make their businesses successful. Steelworkers worked se  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: We have an opportunity to create jobs and support a new, growing industry in Ohio, producing the jet fuel of the future. Ohio has a long, proud history of aviation innovation - from the Wright Brothers' bicycle shop in West Dayton, to Geraldine Mock flying solo around the world, to John Glenn taking flight in Friendship 7. It's not just history - Ohioans are developing and working to commercialize the technolog  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Jim Risch (R-ID) John Barrasso (R-WY), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced an amendment to the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act to stop the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline project. The amendment imposes mandatory sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG, the Kremlin-owned company in charge of Putin's malign pipeline project. "The Biden administratio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined the other Senate Finance Republicans, Senators Ben Sasse (R-NE), John Barrasso (R-WY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), James Lankford (R-OK), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Thune (R-SD), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), and Todd Young (R-IN), in a letter to President Biden requesting that the administ  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Last Friday evening, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, after passing the Senate in August. The legislation will soon be signed into law by President Biden, providing an historic investment in in our nation's infrastructure - repairing and upgrading our crumbling roads, bridges, and more, while improving productivity, growing our economy, and creating good-p  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2021: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, last week led Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in introducing an amendment to the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act to stop the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipelin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Mitt Romney (R-UT) applauded the House passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act that includes their b  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) applauded the House of Representatives for passing the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act which includes their bipartisan Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act,  more