WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Jan. 12, 2022: * * * Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor announced that inflation surged to its highest level in nearly 40 years as consumer prices went up 7 percent over the past 12 months. "The bad news keeps stacking up for President Joe Biden and his total failure to help hardworking Americans who are struggling to make ends meet in his   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 1836- the Guard and Reserve G.I. Bill Parity Act - which ensures that National Guard members and Military Reservists receive equal access to G.I. Bill education benefits as active duty servicemembers. Rep. Kaptur joined every House Democrat in supporting the bill, while more than 60 percent of House   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: Representatives Tim Ryan (OH-13) and Elissa Slotkin (MI-08) today called on President Biden to take action against the highly contagious COVID-19 Omicron variant by providing American-made masks to all Americans who request them. In a letter to the President, Ryan and Slotkin highlighted the need to prioritize American workers and manufacturers who have stepped up and answered the call to action in  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release: With the omicron variant causing a spike in COVID-19 cases, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee member Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M, (R-OH) outlined the need for clear, patient-focused communication between Americans and their doctors, instead of one-size-fits-all mandates from Washington, D.C. In an op-ed for Fox News, Rep. Wenstrup wrote: "The   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call today to discuss new protections from surprise medical bills included in his No Surprises Act, which took effect on January 1, 2022. The law bans most forms of surprise billing, also called balance billing, in emergency situations and when a person seeks care from an in-network facility but unknowingly receives care from an out-of-ne  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act, which will promote stronger cybersecurity coordination between the Department of Homeland S  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation to name the Avondale Cincinnati Post Office for two Ohio World War II aviators, John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun. John Leahr and Herbert Heilbrun both flew for the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. Leahr was a Fighter Squadron P-51 Mustang pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen and Heilbrun was a B-17   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), along with their colleagues Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), sent a letter to Bob Rich Jr., Chairman and majority owner of the Rich Products Corporation, to express support for bakery workers at the Jon Donaire Desserts product  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation to name the Avondale Cincinnati Post Office for two Ohio World War II aviators, John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun. John Leahr and Her  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) Tuesday, along with their colleagues Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), sent a letter to Bob Rich Jr., Chairman and majority owner of the Rich Products Corporation, to express support for the 100 or so bakery workers on strike against the appropriately named   more