WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Senate-passed FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report includes $1.35 billion for Abrams Tank upgrades and $1.12 billion to support the Stryker vehicles. The workforce at Lima's Joint Systems Manufacturing Center (JSMC) support these programs. The House-Senate NDAA conference report now heads to the President's desk to be signed in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: 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 $1,072,000 grant to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) through its Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative to fund the Returning Home Ohio (RHO) Expansion and Enhancement project. This project will support a partnership between ODRC and the Corpo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded two grants totaling $512,082 to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) for the implementation of Project Safe Neighborhood in the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. Project Safe Neighborhood is designed to bring together federal and local leadership to identify the most urgent violent crimes facing  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has awarded a $705,703 grant to the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) through the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program. These funds will be used to assist with the processing of forensic evidence backlogs caused by the opioid epidemic. Law enforcement agencies in Ohio are tasked with confisca  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded $986,293 to the City of Cleveland through the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program. Funding will support the Buckeye-Woodhill Safety Collaborative which aims to reduce crime, build trust between law enforcement and the Cleveland community, and work with stakeholders to create collab  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Senate-passed FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report includes more than $58 million for military construction projects in the Miami Valley. The House-Senate NDAA conference report now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. It includes: * $24 Million to build a Child Development Center, * $19 Million to build an Army   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention has awarded a $682,573 grant to Cuyahoga County through its Second Guidance for Invited Applications for Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces program to fund the Ohio ICAC Task Force Program. This funding will help law enforcement create a task force dedicated  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules on stock buyback disclosures. Senator Brown has long pushed for reform to stock buybacks, including through his Stock B  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules on stock buyback disclosures. Senator Brown has long pushed for reform to stock buybacks, including through his Stock Buyback Reform and Worker Dividend Act. "The first step to workers getting thei  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to encourage Ohioans to donate to their local food banks, as demand increases during the holiday season, and to discuss why extending the Child Tax Credit expansion will help Ohio parents put food on the table. According to the census, earlier this year more than 700,000 Ohioans - or 1 out of every 11 Ohio adults -- reported being food insecure, and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Senate-passed FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report includes more than $8.7 million for military construction projects at Camp Ravenna and the Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS). The funding authorized in the FY22 NDAA will be used to widen the assault runway in order to meet mission requirements. Brown will continue to fight to  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced legislation that will permanently extend the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) for retirees who lost their health care coverage -- in addition to their pensions and other benefits -- when their employers either entered into bankruptcy or laid off workers due to foreign trade. The HCTC is important f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced more than $40 million for basic research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs) in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The funding is designed to increase HBCU/MI participation in DoD's research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) programs and activities. The conference report has  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: As more Americans do their holiday shopping online and more online retailers offer consumers a financial technology twist on old-fashioned installment loans that could pose risks to consumers, six U.S. Senators are urging regulators to strengthen oversight and keep up with the growth of these "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) products and providers. Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) was joined by some of his col  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: As more Americans do their holiday shopping online and more online retailers offer consumers a financial technology twist on old-fashioned installment loans that could pose risks to consumers, six U.S. Senators are urging regulators to strengthen oversight and keep up with the growth of these "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) produ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Dec. 15, 2021, hearing entitled "Disaster Recovery Assistance - Authorization of the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Program": * * * This morning the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee looks at the authorization of the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Program, known as CDBG-DR.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that with the passage of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) the Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS) will receive $8.7 million to widen an assault runway. This will allow C-17 and C-130 pilots to perform required training landings in the Mahoning Valley, improving both our military readiness as well as strengthening the strategic viability of the base  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Dec. 15, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that with the passage of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), $1.35 billion in funding will go to upgrade Abrams tanks, which will continue the production of the M1A2 SEPv3 upgraded Abrams tanks at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center (JSMC) in Lima, Ohio, in order to ensure that our forward-deployed soldiers have tanks with the m  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the Senate for passing his bipartisan DHS Blue Campaign Enhancement Act as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bipartisan legislation will enhance our nation's abil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, along with Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Pat Toomey (R-PA), John Barrasso (R-WY.), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Tom Cotton (R-AR), today introduced the Guaranteeing Ukraine's Autonomy by Reinforcing its Defense Act (GUARD Act), legislation to provide critical support to Ukraine as it faces the t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced today that nearly 100 airports across the state of Ohio will receive nearly $254 million in federal funding over the next five thanks to the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act he spearheaded earlier this year. Specific annual funding levels for each Ohio airport set to receive funds are below. "This airport funding is a big win for Ohio a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and Mike Ro  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to support economic opportunity in the greater Dayton region passed as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Providing Opportunities for Wider Economic Revitalization (POWER) Act would require the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to release all of its revers  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM), co-founders of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, announced that two of their bipartisan pieces of legislation to strengthen the U.S. government's artificial intelligence (AI) readiness, support long-term investments in AI ethics and safety research, and increase governmental AI transparency, have passed as part of the FY 2022 National Defense   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the Senate for passing their bipartisan Domains Critical to Homeland Security Act as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Fund (NDAA). The  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Josh Hawley (R-MO), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Steve Daines (R-MT) announced that the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved their bi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that their Advancing American AI Innovation Act has passed as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This bipartisan legislation creates a Department of Defense (DoD) pilot program establishing artificial intelligence (AI) data libraries relevant to the development of AI intelligence software and technology  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced that the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative has been extended through 2022 and its funding has been increased from $250 million to $300 million per year, with at least $75 million specifically for lethal assistance, as part of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These funds are used to help train, equip,   more