WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Annual Report, showing that the agency's multiemployer plan program will now remain solvent for another 30 years. After a years-long fight alongside Ohio retirees, workers, and businesses, Brown secured a fix for failing multiemployer pension plans in the American Rescue Plan, which he helped write and pass. The new report from   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2021: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today applauded the Biden White House decision to nominate Andre B. Mathis for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The court, based in Cincinnati, hears appeals in federal cases from Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. "Andre Mathis is known in Memphis for his legal acumen and sound   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * After hearing about the devastating passing of Greene County Sheriff Fischer, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement. "I am very saddened to hear about the passing of Sheriff Gene Fischer. "He led many initiatives to make our community a better place, including his outstanding efforts to help reintegrate incarcerated individuals struggling with addiction back into our community  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, ranking Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement on Nov. 17, 2021, with Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) released the following statement regarding the temporary pause of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline certificati  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $7,115,711 grant to the Maumee Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. The funds for the project will go toward the replacement of the Norfolk Southern railroad br  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced Ms. Bridget Meehan Brennan, Mr. Charles Esque Fleming, and Judge David Augustin Ruiz at their Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. If confirmed, Ms. Brennan would become the fifth woman presently on the bench in the Northern District, and has served as the Acti  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call on his Supply Chain Resiliency Act which would help ease supply chain bottlenecks now and in the future, and invest in American companies to decrease our reliance on long supply chains. "There's no reason American businesses should have to wait on key inputs like semiconductors or medical equipment from China, or other countries on   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned district court nominees at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Bridget Meehan Brennan, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio; John H. Chun, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington; Charles Esque  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) praised the announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a grant to Cleveland Metroparks through the FY21 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. The $950,000 grant will go towards the completion of construction planning for the Slavic Village Downtown Connector Phase 2 North, the Morgana Run/Booth Av  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) praised the announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a grant to the Maumee Watershed Conservancy District, through the FY21 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. Maumee has been awarded over $7 million to replace the railroad bridge that stretches over the Blanchard River, with a three-span, thr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following transcript of an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box on Nov. 17, 2021: In an interview this morning with CNBC's Squawk Box, Senator Portman outlined the major differences between the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - landmark legislation he helped negotiate to repair our nation's crumbling roads, bridges, and other key infrastructure assets - and Democrats' reckless tax and spending plan that will cost nearly $4.5 trillio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: This afternoon, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, pressed federal witnesses on the increase in deadly narcotics, like fentanyl, coming into the United States over the southern border at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Co  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) released the following statement after the CDC released preliminary data today showing that drug overdose deaths rose by 28.5% over a 12-month period ending in April 2021, to an estimated 100,306. "Today's news underscores the devastating effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our efforts to fight addiction. To lose more than 100,000 Americans to drug overdo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Congressman Al Green (D-Texas) introduced a joint resolution to designate August 20th as Slavery Remembrance Day. This legislation is cosponsored in the Senate by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Maria Cant  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Shannon Paul Chodak III, executive vice president for generation at the American Electric Power, for a Nov. 4, 2021, hearing entitled "Potential Non-Electric Applications of Civilian Nuclear Energy": * * * American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is powering a cleaner, brighter energy future for its customers and communities. AEP's approximately 16,800 employees operate and maint  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to combat international wildlife trafficking and strengthen interagency efforts to tackle the issue. Wildlife trafficking remains a serious transnational crime and threatens the conservation of vulnerable wildlife, regional security, and economic opportunity.  more