WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill today to address the nation's ongoing supply chain shortages by eliminating regulatory barriers preventing eligible drivers from entry into the trucking workforce. "This legislation eliminates regulatory barriers to filling in-demand truck driver jobs," said Congressman Balderson. "I'm proud to support making these comm  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following floor statement on Feb. 2, 2022: * * * - Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12) admonished House Democrats from the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday for advancing yet another partisan "messaging bill" rather than addressing American economic competitiveness. Rep. Balderson's remarks as delivered on the House Floor. Mister Speaker, I rise today to express my concerns with H.R. 4521. I want to talk for a m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Congresswoman and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03) traveled to the White House to participate in the Biden-Harris Administration's announcement of the renewed Cancer Moonshot. This comes one day after Beatty sent a letter to President Biden calling for his support for H.R. 1946, the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act. The letter was sent in adva  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Representatives Shontel Brown (OH-11), Tim Ryan (OH-13), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro expressing their concern about the maintenance backlogs at the Navy's four government-operated naval shipyards, the primary facilities responsible for depot-level maintenance work on the Navy's Fast Attack Submarine   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, Congressman Bob Gibbs (OH-7) led a group of House Republicans demanding answers from Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray on the formation and mission of a new Department of Justice unit dedicated to "domestic terrorism." In a letter detailing a number of questionable tactics and troubling actions by federal law enforcement, Gibbs questioned how the creation of this new   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement announcing the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will award an additional $25 million to the University of Toledo Medical Center for care delivered at its South Toledo hospital. This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the awarding of $25 million in federal funding to the University of T  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Representatives Tim Ryan (OH-13), Shontel Brown (OH-11), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro expressing their concern about the maintenance backlogs at the Navy's four government-operated naval shipyards, the primary facilities responsible for depot-level maintenance work on the Navy's Fast Attack Submarine Fleet  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) issued the following statement after the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced his bill to rename the North Avondale Post Office at 3493 Burnet Avenue in Cincinnati the "John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun Post Office." The Post Office is located in the neighborhood in which the two men went to school together. The bill, which   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Representatives Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO), co-chairs of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus, released the following statement on Amnesty International's report on Israel: "We are deeply concerned by Amnesty International's biased report on Israel which inappropriately ignores history and context to smear the foremost democracy in the Middle East as an apartheid state," the c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: Representatives Tim Ryan (OH-13), and Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to extend the safeguard tariffs on imported solar products for another four years. Renewing these safeguard tariffs will help level the playing field for America's manufacturing workers and end our nation's dependence on Chinese-produced goods. "As Members of Congress committed to domestic ma  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that AmeriCorps has awarded a $225,000 to Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD) in Athens through the AmeriCorps Seniors American Rescue Plan Senior Demonstration Program. These funds will support 30 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers who will provide mentoring and tutoring, as well as classroom, family, and emotional support to children  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that AmeriCorps has awarded $122,838 to Family & Community Services Inc. in Ravenna through the AmeriCorps Seniors American Rescue Plan Senior Demonstration Program. These funds will support 245 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers who will provide food pantry delivery, companionship, healthcare transportation and assistance in Trumbull, Mahoning, Colum  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that AmeriCorps has awarded two grants totaling $588,043 to Catholic Charities of South Western Ohio in Cincinnati through the AmeriCorps Seniors American Rescue Plan Senior Demonstration Program. These funds will be used to engage adults age 55 and over to address priorities in their community. These funds were made possible through the American  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected Reverend Dr. Carl Wallace, of the Abundant Life Farm in Akron, to serve as one of 12 members on the inaugural Secretary's Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture. The Committee will provide input on policy development and help identify barriers to urban agriculture as USDA works to promote ur  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today hosted a news conference call to discuss his efforts to pass legislation to provide significant investments in American semiconductor production. This week, the House of Representatives is expected to take up the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 2022, which includes the CHIPS   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) and Representatives Tim Ryan (D-OH), Shontel Brown (D-OH), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro expressing their concern about the maintenance backlogs at the Navy's four government-operated naval shipyards, the primary facilities responsible for depot-level maintenance work on the Navy's Fast Attack Submarine Fl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Persistent delays in delivering critical mail for the blind and physically handicapped have prompted U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and colleagues to request an investigation of U.S. Postal Service compliance with a federally-funded free mail delivery service. Hyde-Smith and U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) issued a letter to USPS Inspec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, once again urged the Biden administration to take action on the ongoing migrant and drug crisis at the southern border. In addition to the unprecedented number of individuals, chil  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives Tim Ryan (D-OH), Shontel Brown (D-OH), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) sent a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro expressing their concern about the maintenance backlogs at the Navy's four government-operated naval shipyards, the primary facilities responsible for depot-level maintenance work on the Navy's Fast Attac  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), along with all of the Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee, urged Senate colleagues to reconsider efforts to implement a tax on financial statement income of U.S. companies, or a "book minimum tax," detailing the problematic and unaddressed issues that have resulted from such proposals in the past. As the senators note, Republicans and Democrats rejec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) today praised the confirmations of Ms. Bridget Meehan Brennan, Mr. Charles Esque Fleming, and Judge David Augustin Ruiz to serve as U.S. District Court Judges for the Northern District of Ohio. The Northern District has court locations in Akron, Cleveland, Toledo and Youngstown. It serves over 6 million Ohioans in the 40 most northern cou  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded the advancement of their bipartisan legislation to name the Avondale Cincinnati Post Office for two Ohio World War II aviators, John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today praised the confirmations of Ms. Bridget Meehan Brennan, Mr. Charles Esque Fleming, and Judge David Augustin Ruiz to serve as U.S. District Court Judges for the Northern District of Ohio. The Northern District has court locations in Akron, Cleveland, Toledo and Youngstown. It serves over 6 million Ohioans in the 40 most northern coun  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: This afternoon, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) participated in an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) addressing the crisis in Ukraine amid increased Russian aggression. The discussion was moderated by CSIS Senior Vice President Dr. Seth Jones. The Senators addressed a number of key topics, including their bipartisan CODEL to Ukrai  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) sent a letter to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Office of the Inspector General requesting that Inspector General Tammy Whitcomb investigate the USPS Free Matter for the Blind or Other Physically Handicapped Persons program. The Senators' request follows testimony provided by a Marylander l  more