WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2022: Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced his bipartisan legislation, the African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act, which would establish a program at the National Park Service to provide grant opportunities and technical assistance to local partners to research, identify, survey and preserve these cemeteries. Preserving African American cemeteries is vital not j  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2022: This morning on Meet The Press, Senator Portman, co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, discussed the latest developments regarding Russia's invasion of Ukraine and stressed the need for additional, tougher sanctions on the Russian government and economy. Portman noted that he believes Ukraine should have been invited to join NATO in recent years and that the alliance should now look to add othe  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Tonight, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), a member of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, and several of his colleagues led a bipartisan letter to President Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, urging them to immediately designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukraine. Additional co-leads of this important letter include Reps. Mike Quigley (IL-05), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), T  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with 124 colleagues from the Senate and House of Representatives, this month demanded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) immediately restore more stringent oversight of chemical abortion bills, including the in-person dispensing requirement the FDA suspended in December. The lawmakers issued a letter to newly-confirmed FDA   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement on Feb. 28, 2022: * * * U.S. Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (D-C.A.) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation released the   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M., (R-Ohio) and Congressman Jason Crow (D-Colo.) introduced a resolution "to support an independent and democratic Ukraine." "Vladimir Putin's unprovoked and unjustified full-scale attack on Ukrainian democracy and sovereignty is beyond the pale," said Congressman Wenstrup. "The world must know that Russia's actions exclude them from any legitimate seat in the international com  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) praised the African American Cemeteries Coalition during remarks he made at the group's Black History Month Celebration, and discussed the introduction of his African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act. The newly-introduced bipartisan bill is also sponsored by Mitt Romney (R-UT). Brown first introduced similar legislation in 2019 after he visited Union Baptist Cemetery   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Trading System Preservation (TSP) Act, which will enable the United States to negotiate new trade agreements and advance the interests of U.S. businesses and workers within the World Trade Organization (WTO) system. The TSP Act would direct the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to negotiate trade agreements wit  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- 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. 17, 2022, entitled "The State of the American Economy: A Year of Unprecedented Economic Growth and Future Plans": * * * Every day, Americans get up, go to work and do their jobs. But our Republican colleagues refuse to do theirs. On Tuesday, this Committee met to vote on five outstanding nominees for the Federal Res  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- 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. 15, 2022, entitled "Examining the President's Working Group on Financial Markets Report on Stablecoins": * * * Let me start by talking about the Federal Reserve. This afternoon at 2:15 we will be meeting in SVC-200 to markup five Federal Reserve nominees and one for the FHFA. We need a full Federal Reserve Board of  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and John Barrasso (R-WY) announced the passage of their Senate resolution designating February 28, 2022 as "Rare Disease Day." The senators' resolution recognizes the importance of raising awareness around and providing support for Americans living with rare diseases and disorders, while calling for a national and global commitment to improve access to and develop new treatme  more