WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2022: Yesterday, Representatives Shontel M. Brown (OH-11), Colin Allred (TX-32), Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), and Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced the More Opportunities for Veterans to Exercise Act, or MOVE Act, bipartisan legislation to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) ability to provide former service members with access to preventative health fitness programs. "We owe it our nation's ve  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) heeded his call and issued a proposed rule to lower out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors by bringing so-called pharmacy direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees under control. Yesterday's announcement from CMS follows a commitment Brown secured from CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure at t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2021: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) joined Representative Shontel Brown (OH-11) in introducing her first bill in Congress, the More Opportunities for Veterans to Exercise (MOVE) Act. This bipartisan legislation aims to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) ability to provide former service members with access to preventative health fitness programs. Congressman Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16) and Co  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2022: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced Ohio will receive $241,554,000 this year from President Joe Biden's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to address a wide array of water infrastructure needs. Rep. Kaptur and House Democrats strongly supported the bill, while 94 percent of House Republicans opposed it. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act included $50 billion in wa  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Jan. 7, 2022: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the December Jobs Report released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing the national unemployment falling to 3.9 percent last month. "With 6.4 million jobs added across the country in 2021, it is clear the U.S. economy is rebounding. "Unemployment dropped by nearly 40 percent last year, wages are rising, and peo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2022: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement regarding a letter she co-led alongside Reps. Tim Ryan (OH-13), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), and Shontel Brown (OH-11) to Congressional leaders urging passage of a United States Innovation and Competition Act bill that supports domestic semiconductor production, and protects American manufacturing. On Friday, January 7, Reps. Kaptur, R  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2022: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) and members of the Ohio House Democratic Delegation, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), Joyce Beatty (OH-3), and ShontelBrown (OH-11), sent a letter urging Congressional leadership to pass legislation investing in American manufacturing and addressing the global semiconductor shortage. Ryan specifically called for the inclusion of the CHIPS for America Act and Leveling  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2022: Reps. Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Cambodia Caucus, issued the following statement on the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit to Burma: "Prime Minister Hun Sen's decision to visit Burma undermines ASEAN credibility and diminishes its leverage to bring an end to the ongoing crisis," the Co-Chairs said. "This is especially so since the Tatmada  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators and Senate Auto Caucus co-chairs Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) sent a letter to Congressional leadership, urging swift passage of revised bipartisan legislation to invest in manufacturing and address the global semiconductor shortage facing auto manufacturing. Passage of bipartisan legislation like the CHIPS For America Act, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), and the in  more