WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- The House Ways and Means Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "America's Mental Health Crisis" at 10 a.m. on Feb. 2, 2022, at 1100 Longworth House Office Building: Witnesses: * Wizdom Powell, Ph.D., Director of the Health Disparities Institute and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UConn Health * Deborah Steinberg, J.D., Health Policy Attorney, The Legal Action Center * Peggy Johnson, M.D., Chief of Psychiatry, The Commonwealth Care Allianc  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2022: * * * Congressman Troy Balderson issued the following statement Friday reacting to House Democrats' proposed America COMPETES Act of 2022. "It is clear that Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats learned nothing from their disastrous Build Back Better blunder. The CHIPS Act presents Congress a golden opportunity to pass bipartisan, common-sense investments that would bolster American competitivene  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2022: This week, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), David Joyce (R-OH), and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) Week. Since 2000, the last week of January has been uplifted as "National CRNA Week," a time to honor the heroic work and expertise of CRNAs and Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists (SRN  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following joint statement: * * * Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, House Republican Chairwoman and a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement. "The White House must release the transcript of President Biden's call with President Zelenskyy immediately." "It was House Democrats, led by Chairm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a virtual roundtable today with Mahoning County government, community and business leaders to discuss the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and how Ohio communities can get their fair share of infrastructure resources made possible by the historic investment. The senator also discussed other community concerns and ideas for community and ec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and a bipartisan, bicameral group of colleagues in calling on the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide penalty relief for taxpayers amid extensive, ongoing processing backlogs at the IRS. "While the COVID-19 pandemic has strained every federal agency, the impact on the IRS ha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 28, 2022: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after meetings with the Honorable Sarah Bloom Raskin, nominee to be Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision; and Dr. Lisa Cook and Dr. Philip Jefferson, nominees to be Governors of t  more