WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: This week, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), along with Reps. Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Darin LaHood (IL-18), and Paul Tonko (NY-20), introduced bipartisan legislation to support fish and wildlife in the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Reauthorization Act of 2021 would reauthorize the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to work with states, Tribes, and other interested entities to develop  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: Erik Hooks, the nominee to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, if confirmed, committed to working with U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to improve the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today introduced the Keep Innovation in America Act, alongside Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The legislation will fix the digital asset reporting provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed into law by President Biden this week, and provide clarity to technology innovators and entrepreneurs. "Blockchains,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $950,000 grant to the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. The funds for the project will go toward planning four priority trail projects for implementation by developing full constru  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a $699,994 grant to the City of Cincinnati through its Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative. This grant will go toward the city's Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) and allow the center to expand and support partnerships  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Nov. 18, 2021, nomination hearing for Saule Omarova, professor of law at Cornell Law School, to be Comptroller of the Currency: * * * The Committee meets today to consider the nomination of Saule Omarova to be the Comptroller of the Currency. Congratulations to Professor Omarova for being nominated to this important role. Welcome to  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) celebrated the news that Whirlpool Corporation will be investing more than $65 million into northwest Ohio, creating more than 100 jobs in to its Ottawa factory. With this investment, Whirlpool is continuing its efforts to position the plant as the Premium Refrigeration Factory (PRF) in its North American Region. The investment will include an expansion of the Ottawa plant to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following transcript of an interview on the Bloomberg's Balance of Power: * * * In an interview this morning with Bloomberg's Balance of Power, Senator Portman outlined his concerns with the Democrats' reckless tax and spending bill, arguing that trillions in new spending and taxes will stifle economic growth, kill jobs, balloon the national debt, and increase inflation. He also highlighted the negative impact surging inflation is hav  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a Nov. 18, 2021, hearing for nominations for four agencies. * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the nominations of Erik Hooks to be Deputy  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) released the following statement after joining his Senate colleagues in unanimously voting to approve a measure awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 service members who were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26. One of the fallen service members was Navy Fleet Marine Force Hospital Corpsman Max Soviak, a native of Berlin Heights, Ohio. "I was honored to join   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Coons (D-DE), 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. It has also b  more