LORDSTOWN, Ohio, Nov. 11 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Nov. 10, 2021: * * * Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) issued the following statement today after Lordstown Motors Company (LMC) announced a finalized deal to sell its Lordstown plant to Foxconn. "Since the appointment of Daniel Ninivaggi as Chief Executive Officer of Lordstown Motors Corporation, I have remained in close discussions with him. "Today I was delighted to speak with Mr. Ninivaggi and Foxconn Executi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released the following statement highlighting the historic $65 billion of broadband funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which draws directly on the bipartisan BRIDGE Act he authored and released in June with U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio). "We are on the cusp of making the largest ever investme  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) has awarded the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center a $450,000 grant through the OVC's Enhancing Juvenile and Family Court Responses to Human Trafficking program. These funds will allow the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center to enhance the Cuyahoga Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Divisio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: 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 Northeast Ohio, totaling $172,000 for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airports. These funds were made possible   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded five grants to airports in Southwest Ohio, totaling $177,000 for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airports. These funds were made possible   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded six grants to airports in Central Ohio, totaling $209,000 for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airports. These funds were made possible thr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded six grants to airports in Northwest Ohio, totaling $209,000 for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airports. These funds were made possible t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: 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 Southeast Ohio, totaling $86,000 for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airports. These funds were made possible   more

MCDONALD, Ohio, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined leaders from McDonald Steel and United Steel Workers Local 1307 to discuss what the Buy America provisions he secured in the bipartisan infrastructure plan will mean for the company and for workers. "With the bipartisan infrastructure plan, we are investing in the future of global steel production, right here in the Valley," said Brown. We fought to m  more

ASHTABULA, Ohio, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) toured the Port of Ashtabula to discuss how the soon-to-become-law bipartisan infrastructure plan will allow Ashtabula County to invest in improving the port, strengthen Ohio's supply chains, and help address current supply chain delays. County officials believe advancements at the port could help address bottlenecking at ports on the coasts, and help the re  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take concrete steps to reform the credit reporting industry. Specifically, the senators urg  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to take concrete steps to reform the credit reporting industry. Specifically,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced the Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act. The bipartisan legislation would improve veterans' access to information about higher education and allow the Department of  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), chair of a key Senate housing subcommittee, and Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH), are raising concerns about real estate powerhouse Zillow's reported plans to sell a large portfolio of single-family homes to institutional investors who could turn those properties into rental homes. The move could leave local homebuyers without affordable options, and renter  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.), chair of a key Senate housing subcommittee, and Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH), are raising concerns about real estate powerhouse Zillow's reported plans to sell a large portfolio of single-family homes to institutional investors who could turn those properties into rent  more