WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senator and Senate Auto Caucus co-chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded the House of Representatives for passing the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 2022, the House version of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), and urged a quick negotiation of a final bill to send to the president's desk to be   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2022: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called on seven scientists who initially believed COVID-19 may have leake  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced approximately $73.5 million in transit funding for public transit agencies across Ohio. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan - legislation that Brown helped write and pass - will provide a record investment in public transit funding over the next five years. Ohio will receive $1.3 billion of guara  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the following statement in support of the Congressional staff and their unionization efforts. "I fully support Congressional staff and their efforts to unionize. "Honoring the Dignity of Work starts with honoring the rights of working people everywhere to start or join a union," said Brown. "Our staff serve constituents around the country, and like al  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a briefing with the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs, Charles Small, for Ohio local government officials on the funding opportunities available to Ohio communities as a result of the bipartisan infrastructure law. Local officials had the opportunity to engage with Mr. Small, learn about w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on Feb. 4, 2022: Semiconductor chips are one of the most important inputs in the modern manufacturing process. And over the past year, Ohio manufacturers have faced severe shortages and long waits for these chips. It's why we passed a bipartisan bill in the Senate last year that includes the CHIPS Act, to invest in new semiconductor production in the U.S., like the massive Intel facility coming to Central Ohio. A  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) released a statement following the decision by the Biden administration to exclude bifacial solar panels from their extension of the Section 201 safeguard tariffs on solar panels. In January, Portman sent a letter to President Biden urging him to heed the unanimous recommendation of the International Trade Commission (ITC) and extend the Section 201 safeguard ta  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and his Senate Republicans colleagues are raising serious questions and concerns with the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) announcement of a major expansion of its collaboration with ID.me that will require taxpayers to have an ID.me account to access key IRS online resources. In order to register with ID.me, taxpayers will need to submit to ID.me a trove of personal information, i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following joint statement on Feb. 4, 2022: * * * Following the news of the Biden-Harris administration's exclusion of bifacial solar panels from 201 tariffs, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH), along with U.S. Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) and Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) jointly issued the following statement. "This is a disappointing, misguided decision. The administration is missing the best opportunity in a   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the committee, today called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require companies to report on how many workers they employ who are not classified as full-time employees, including independent and subcontracted workers. "In rec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Representatives Bob Latta (R-Ohio), Bill Keating (D-Mass.), Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), all Congressional French Caucus co-chairs, introduced legislation to install a commemorative bench in Washington D.C.'s Rock Creek Park dedicated to Jean Monnet, a French diplomat and entrepreneur known as a fou  more

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced legislation to prohibit the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from accepting arrest warrants as valid proof of identifica  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2022: U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the committee, today called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require companies to report on how many workers they employ who are not classified as full-time   more