WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: In an interview this afternoon with Fox News' Neil Cavuto, Senator Portman discussed 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. Portman also highlighted the negative impact surging inflation is having on workers and middle-class families. A transcript   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter urging U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to provide the Piketon community with the money it is owed by the federal government. Specifically, the letter asks that DOE renegotiate its current Payment in Lieu of Taxes ("PILT") agreement with the Scioto Valley-Piketon Area Council of Governments (SV-PA C  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) joined U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) on the Senate floor calling for swift passage of a 1-year extension and permanent full refundability of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) through the Build Back Better budget. In his speech, Bennet highlighted stories from Coloradans about how  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $500,000 to Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) in Cleveland through the EDA's "Build Back Better Regional Challenge." This award will help MAGNET fund Northeast Ohio's Advanced Manufacturing Cluster: Smart Manufacturing and Advanced Materials project. The project aims to brin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded $507,902 in grant funding to the Maumee Watershed Alliance (MWA) through its Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. MWA will use grant funding for phosphorus-removal technologies at three different watershed locations in northwest Ohio, southeast Michigan, and northeast Indiana with the aim of reducing  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today pushed for the passage of the Build Back Better Act, which includes the critical one-year extension of the expanded Child Tax Credit, the biggest tax cut for working families ever. On the Senate floor, he joined Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) to call for extending the CTC through 2022. Durin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable discussion with students from the My Brother's Keeper Ohio (MBK Ohio) program and newly-elected Mayors in Ohio. Brown was joined on the call by recently elected Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith and Dayton Mayor-elect Jeffrey Mims. Students were able to ask the mayors questions and tell them about their accomplishments in MBK Ohio and how it has helpe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 14, 2021: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after President Biden announced the nomination of Ms. Sandra Thompson to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). If confirmed, Thompson would be the first African American   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after President Biden announced the nomination of Ms. Sandra Thompson to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). If confirmed, Thompson would be the first African American woman to serve as Director of FHFA. "I commend the Biden Administration   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) sent a letter urging U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm to provide the Piketon community with the money it is owed by the federal government. Specifically, the letter asks that DOE renegotiate its current Payment in Lieu of Taxes ("PILT") agreement with the Scioto Valley-Piketon Area Council of Governments (SV  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Dec. 14, 2021, hearing entitled "Stablecoins: How Do They Work, How Are They Used, and What Are Their Risks?" * * * A few years ago, most people had never heard of cryptocurrency - most people still don't know what all these terms mean, from stablecoins to non-fungible tokens. But they've become a hot topic in Washington - and on W  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) applauded the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for announcing that it was creating a permanent bug bounty cybersecurity program based on the results of the pilot progra  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Mark Warner (D-VA), along with their bipartisan colleagues Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asking the Treasury Department to work with Congress in order to ensure that the cryptocurrency provision included in the recently-enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs  more