WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 1, 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 on his Republican colleagues to vote on crucial Federal Reserve Board nominations. Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: Mr./Mdme. President, Every day, Ame  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 1, 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 on his Republican colleagues to vote on crucial Federal Reserve Board nominations. Sen. Brown's remarks as prepared for delivery follow: Mr./Mdme. President, Every day, Americans get up, go to work, and do their jobs. It's time for us to  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following floor statement on March 1, 2022: * * * Last evening, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) spoke on the Senate floor about the ongoing murderous assault on Ukraine from Russian military forces. This is Portman's fourth time coming to the Senate floor to shed light on unwarranted Russian aggression. Earlier this year, Portman led a bipartisan delegation of seven senators to Ukraine to assure President Zelenskyy of the United State  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on March 1, 2022: * * * Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today made the following statement tonight after President Biden's State of the Union Address. "Tonight, we heard President Joe Biden speak to the serious challenges facing working people in every corner of the United States and propose his vision for a better and more prosperous future for our nation. As we witness democracy in peril in Ukraine, this speech is a n  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) joined a bipartisan letter calling on the Biden Administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Ukrainians amid the ongoing Russian invasion. TPS provides protection from deportation for individuals of a country where conditions prevent them from returning. "Forcing any Ukrainian citizen back to a nation currently under invasion is downright immoral. That's why I'm joining   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representatives Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), and Don Young (R-AK-At-large) led a bipartisan group of 79 Members of Congress requesting the inclusion of additional funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in upcoming appropriations packages or any additional COVID relief spending legislation. While over 200 food banks and 60,000 local faith-based charitable partner orga  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on March 1, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released a statement following President Biden's first State of the Union address to the nation. President Biden's first year in office delivered results for Ohioans, getting shots in arms, money in pockets, and workers back on the job. Brown is working to build off this success by continuing to lower costs for families, shore up supply chains, and lower p  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Rob Portman (R-OH), yesterday in leading 39 Senators in a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Ukrainians in the United States following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. "In light of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, we respectfully request th  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and other Senate colleagues in a bipartisan letter to President Biden urging the Administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Ukrainians in the United States following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. "In light of Russia's military invasion of Ukra  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on March 1, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) released the following statement following tonight's State of the Union address by President Joe Biden: "I was pleased to hear President Biden's call for national and world unity in support of our ally Ukraine as it faces a brutal assault from Russia. While the administration has now implemented the sanctions some of us called them to implement before the inv  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 2 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, along with 35 Senators, called on President Biden to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Ukrainian  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) issued the following statement following news that workers at the Tridonex auto-parts plant in Matamoros voted overwhelmingly in favor of the independent union Sindicato Nacional Independiente de Trabajadores de Industrias y Servicios "Movimiento 20/32" (SNITIS). SNITIS, an independent Mexican union, will replace the incumbent "protection" union. This vot  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) 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   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation to revoke free trade privileges from Russia and other countries that invade sovereign nations. The No Trading with Invaders Act would automatically revoke Permanent Normal Trading Relations (PNTR) for any Communist, or formerly Communist, country that commits an act of aggression against a  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, along with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led 39 senators in a letter to President Biden urgi  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chairs of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, met with Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova. The Ambassador provided an update to the Senate Ukraine Caucus on the Russian military invasion into Ukraine. The bipartisan meeting was attended by 22 senators. "I appreciate Ambassador Markarova's visit with the Senate Ukrain  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement following news that workers at the Tridonex auto-parts plant in Matamoros voted overwhelmingly in favor of the independent union Sindicato Nacional Independiente de Trabajadores de Industrias y Servicios "Movimiento 20/32" (SNITIS). SNITIS, an independent Mexican union, will replace the incumbent "protection" union. This v  more