WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $13,833,483 in Covid-19 response funding to the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority from President Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan. Last year, Rep. Kaptur joined nearly every House Democrat to pass the American Rescue Plan, while Republicans were unanimous in their opposition. The American Rescue Plan funding wil  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement applauding the Biden Administration's decision to grant Temporary Protected Status to Ukrainian nationals residing in the United States. On March 28, 2022, Rep. Kaptur and a bipartisan group of House Members wrote a letter to President Joe Biden requesting he add Ukraine to the list of countries whose nationals are protected from deportation d  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded a $62.3 million grant to the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) to help replace revenue that was lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so Southeast Ohioans can continue to have the safe and reliable bus service they need to get to work and school and doctors' appointments. These funds we  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded a $13,833,483 grant to the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) to help replace revenue that was lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so Northwest Ohioans can continue to have the safe and reliable bus service they need to get to work and school and doctors' appointments. These funds were made possible throu  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu, and Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga to discuss the good-paying jobs that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will create cleaning up abandoned mine land and plug  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: United States Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and Representatives Al Lawson (D-Fla.), Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), and Norma J. Torres (D-Calif.), along with Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced the Striking Workers Healthcare Protection Act which would require employers to continue providing health insurance to workers exercising their right to strike, so working families aren't forced off the health coverage they've earned and negotiated, and aren't forced to pay out-of-pocket for potentially lifesaving health care. "Too many times in   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced new bipartisan, bicameral legislation to restore retirement benefits to over 20,000 Delphi Salaried Retirees. Congressmen Dan Kildee (D-MI), Michael Turner (R-OH), and Tim Ryan (D-OH) have introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives. When General Motors (GM) filed for bankruptcy in 2009, the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty C  more