WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, took to the Senate floor today to call out Republicans for walking out on the American people. Yesterday, Republicans of the Committee refused to attend a pre-scheduled vote on crucial Federal Reserve Board nominations, even as Americans struggle with surging prices and inflation. "Am  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, took to the Senate floor today to call out Republicans for walking out on the American people. Yesterday, Republicans of the Committee refused to attend a pre-scheduled vote on crucial Federal Reserve Board nomination  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, ranking Republican member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Feb. 16, 2022, hearing on abolishing the debt limit: * * * I would like to welcome the newest member of our committee, Mr. Carey from Ohio. I'd also like to welcome our witnesses today - which includes one of our former colleagues and a former member of this Committee, Director Mulvaney - who coincidentally was sworn in as head of the White   more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed 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 passed the House unanimously in Oct  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Members of the GOP Doctors Caucus launched a public service announcement urging eligible Americans to donate blood after reports that blood donations have decreased by 10 percent since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this year, the American Red Cross announced its first-ever blood crisis due to a critical shortage in the national supply. Those interested in donating can find   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's (USDOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $2,405,076 grant to The Ohio State University (OSU) through the OPEN 2021 program. This funding will allow OSU to create new and innovative manufacturing processes of electric machines for electrified vehicles (EVs). "Students and faculty at   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss the introduction of his African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act. The newly-introduced bipartisan bill is also sponsored by U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT). Brown first introduced similar legislation in 2019 after he visited Union Baptist Cemetery in Cincinnati following news reports of vandalism at the cemeter  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: Today on the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator SherrodBrown (D-OH) urged his colleagues to stop obstructing and confirmMarisa Darden to be the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. TheNorthern District serves over 6 million Ohioans in the 40 most northerncounties in Ohio. It has court locations in Akron, Cleveland, Toledo andYoungstown. Darden awaits confirmation by the full Senate, but is  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged the Labor Department to take steps toward ensuring state unemployment insurance programs are able to securely verify their applicants' identities without relying on private contractors like ID.me that employ facial recognition. ID.me requires most users to submit to facial recognition to verify their ident  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the Senate unanimously passed a resolution recognizing February 2022 as Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. The resolution was sponsored by the co-chairs of the Senate CTE Caucus, Senators Portman, Tim Kaine (D-VA), Todd Young (R-IN), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). A broad, bipartisan group of 68 senators co-sponsored the resolution. "Career and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) announced the Senate unanimously passed a resolution he sponsored recognizing February 2022 as Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. The resolution was sponsored by the co-chairs of the Senate CTE Caucus, Senators Young, Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). "Supporting workforce training opportunities for Hoosiers is vita  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 10, 2022, entitled "How Institutional Landlords are Changing the Housing Market": * * * Whenever there's a problem in the economy that's hurting families and driving up prices, there's a pretty good chance you'll find a Wall Street scheme either causing it, or taking advantage of it and making it worse. One of the r  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 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 Senate for passing their bipartisan legislation to name the Avondale Cincinnati Post Office for two Ohio World War II aviators, John H. Leahr and Herbert M. H  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, issued the following news release: In a Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing, Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks on the need to connect truly unserved areas across the country. Excerpts and highlights from his remarks: CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE "Good morning, and welcome to the first oversight hearing he  more