WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $22,069,581.41 in additional Covid-19 response funding to Northern Ohio healthcare providers that serve rural communities, including the University of Toledo Medical Center, Unison Behavioral Health, Firelands Regional Medical Center, Nord Center, Hospice of the Western Reserve, and more. T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement applauding President Joe Biden for his decision to nominate two new members to the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, replacing board chair Ron Bloom and board member John Barger. "As one of the leading voices in Congress to end the assault on the United States Postal Service, I applaud President Biden for nominating new leaders that will  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the House passed President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act. The House-passed legislation - which includes Rep. Kaptur's Great Lakes heavy icebreaker, and the Community Restoration and Revitalization Fund modeled after her Restoring Communities Left Behind Act - now moves to the Senate for consideration. "The Build Back Better Act is on  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $100,000 Housing Preservation Grant to the Washington-Morgan Community Action Program. The grant will go to help low income homeowners in Washington and Morgan counties to make critical home repairs, including the removal of health and safety issues. This grant will benefit 10 households in Mo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a $1,000,000 grant to Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) in Toledo. ABLE will partner with Legal Aid of Western Ohio (LAWO) to expand an eviction prevention program into rural areas of the seven counties surrounding them. This funding will help ABLE and LAWO provide legal represen  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $200,000 Housing Preservation Grant to Yellow Springs Home to help low income homeowners make critical home repairs, including the removal of health and safety issues. This grant will benefit 11 households in Yellow Springs. "Ohioans shouldn't have to choose between critical home repairs or b  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $250,000 Rural Community Development Initiative Grant to the Great Lakes Community Action Partnership (formerly WSOS) in Fremont. The funds will be used to support rural economies and provide technical assistance to the communities of Columbiana, Fayette, Fostoria, Lisbon, Minerva, Painesville  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $75,000 Housing Preservation Grant to the Vinton County Commissioners. The grant will go to help low income homeowners make critical home repairs, including the removal of health and safety issues. This grant will benefit 11 households in Vinton County. "Ohioans shouldn't have to choose betwe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a Housing Preservation Grant to Pickaway County totaling $113,314.20. The grant will go to help low income homeowners make critical home repairs, including the removal of health and safety issues. This grant will benefit 8 households in Pickaway County. "Ohioans shouldn't have to choose between  more

TIFFIN, Ohio, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited the Old Trinity Episcopal Church to discuss how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will improve the local economy in Tiffin, and across Ohio. Brown worked with communities around Ohio to secure bold infrastructure wins in the infrastructure and jobs bill, which was recently signed into law by President Biden. Brown is also working to pass the Build Back Better e  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: Sen. Sherrod Brown, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban sent letters to stablecoin issuers and exchanges seeking information on how companies are protecting consumers and investors amid the risks highlighted in the recent report by the President's Working Group on Financial Markets. Senator Brown emphasized the difficulties consumers and investors may face in und  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: Sen. Sherrod Brown, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban sent letters to stablecoin issuers and exchanges seeking information on how companies are protecting consumers and investors amid the risks highlighted in the recent report (https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/majority/brown-new-financia  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) traveled to northwest Ohio to tour the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA). The historic, bipartisan infrastructure bill, which Brown helped write and pass, includes more than $50 million to expand service for job training and for new pollution-free vehicles in Toledo. "Transit is all about the Dignity of Work - it creates jobs, it connects people w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tuesday sent a letter to the Biden Administration pushing for a waiver of international intellectual property (IP) rules at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to boost production of COVID-19 vaccines for the developing world. This comes as the WTO Ministerial Conference is set to b  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement involving a hybrid hearing on Nov. 2, 2021, entitled "The Libor Transition: Protecting Consumers and Investors": * * * I often begin these hearings by taking us back to 2008, and to the years that followed, because we are still living with the fallout - and in the case of the Libor scandal, we are still cleaning up a mess caused by the biggest b  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) was joined by Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Warren Davidson (R-OH), and Bill Johnson (R-OH) in introducing bipartisan, bicameral legislation that will support economic opportunity in the greater Dayton region. The Providing Opportunities for Wider Economic Revitalization (POWER) Act would require the Nati  more