WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: Yesterday, during a Senate Agriculture Committeehearing titled "Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, andInnovation," U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) raised concerns about therisks that volatile digital assets like those offered on Crypto.com pose forconsumers. During the hearing, Brown pressed Kevin Werbach, Professor atthe University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, and Sam Bankman  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: House Republicans argue the FBI is stonewalling and "refusing to accept accountability" for its role in enforcing Attorney General Merrick Garland's divisive school board memo siccing law enforcement officers on angry parents at school board meetings. GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, who serves as ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, an  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Stephen Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following statement on Feb. 10, 2022: * * * Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) applauded the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote this morning to advance the nomination of Memphis lawyer Andre Mathis to become a judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The vote was 12-10. The court, based in Cincinnati, hears appeals in federal cases from Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. Congressman Cohen made the following state  more

WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: This week, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) met with a broad cross-section of her constituents in an online Deliberative Town Hall to discuss their questions and concerns about the financial future of our community, Commonwealth, and country. The Deliberative Town Hall was organized by the non-partisan Connecting to Congress project, led by the Institute for Democratic Engageme  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) yesterday introduced the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act. "The Violence Against Women Act has improved the criminal justice system's ability to keep victims safe and hold perpetrators accountable. It has been a valuable tool for so many   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled "How Institutional Landlords are Changing the Housing Market." On Tuesday, the Committee hosted a listening session to amplify stories from renters  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following floor statement on Feb. 10, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, applauded Reta Jo Lewis' confirmation as President of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank. Yesterday, he took to the Senate Floor in support of Lewis' nomination. Lewis was confirmed today by a vote of 56-40. Video of Senator Brown's remarks can be found here: https://www.banking  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) today announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Marisa Darden to be the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Her nomination is historic, as she would be the first African American woman to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. The Northern District serves over 6 mill  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and his Senate Republicans colleagues are urging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to do everything it can to support taxpayers during the current tax filing season. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig, the senators press the agency to provide taxpayers with targeted, temporary relief during what is widely believed to   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a Feb. 3, 2022, confirmation hearing: * * * In the first year of the Biden-Harris Administration, we've seen tremendous economic progress: Record job creation. Rising wages. The fastest economic growth in almost 40 years. Last year, for the first time in two decades, our economy grew faster than China's. Think of that - our economy is growin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a business meeting on Feb. 2, 2022, to consider 13 legislation: * * * The Committee will consider thirteen pieces of legislation on the agenda that reflect some good bipartisan consensus. For example, we will consider S. 3487, the Honoring Civil Servants Killed in Line of Duty Act, offered by Senator Sinema, and which I'm pr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Feb. 1, 2022, confirmation hearing: * * * I want to welcome you to our committee and say that I appreciate your willingness to serve in these critical roles. As a former OMB Director, I know how critical this agency is to our government's success, particularly as we confront several ongoing national crises. As nominees   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Feb. 3, 2022, confirmation hearing: * * * Welcome, Mr. Valdez, Mr. Kusnezov [Kooz-netz-ov], and Mr. Wainstein and thank you for your willingness to serve. Each of the positions for which you have been nominated are essential to the Department of Homeland Security's success. The tools and support these offices provide th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and United States Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai to express their concerns about the threat to domestic production of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES). GOES is a necessary component of our electrical grid, which is part of our critical infrastructure and key to our nat  more