WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled "Pandemic Response and Accountability: Reducing Fraud and Expanding Access to COVID-19 Relief through Effective Oversight." In his statement, Portman h  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: The leaders of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Ranking Member Mike Tuner (OH-10) and Chairman Adam Schiff (CA-28) released a joint statement with fellow colleagues Representatives Jim Himes (CT-04), Brad Wenstrup (OH-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Chris Stewart (UT-02) to call on the adm  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 18 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) released the following statement after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address to Congress this morning. "It was an honor to listen to President Zelenskyy's moving speech to Congress this morning. President Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people have shown inspiring courage and determination in the face of untold pain and suffering due to Russia's unprovoked war.   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced its decision to award grants to expand the economy in Appalachia's coal-impacted communities though the POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Imitative. Four of the five grants awarded in the state are located in Eastern and Southeastern Ohio:  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) - Chair of the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, and Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force - released the following statement on the introduction of her legislation - the Great Lakes Authority Act - which would establish the Great Lakes Authority. Today, Rep. Marcy Kaptur - alongside Reps. Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Bobby Rush (IL-02), Paul   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) - Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus - released the following statement on the House passage of the Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act. The legislation will now be sent to the Senate for its consideration. Today, the House passed the Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act which will prevent Russia from se  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) joined the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in announcing a $1,350,000 grant to the Youngstown Business Incubator (YBI) to help deploy a broad range of resources that will bolster entrepreneurship in the Mahoning Valley and the eastern corridor of the state of Ohio. Among the resources that will be made available by the YBI include business counseling, 'tech' enabling, workshops a  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congressmen Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Mike Turner (R-Ohio), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), Chris Stewart (R-Utah), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) released the following statement calling on the administration to work with NATO to provide Ukraine with aircraft and air-defense systems. "Last week, we sent a letter to President Biden urging the United States to continue to work with our NATO A  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded the announcement that Intel will invest $50 million in Ohio higher education initiatives targeting the semiconductor industry. Intel's announcement is in partnership with the U.S. National Science Foundation, which will provide an additional $50 million for research grants nationally that will be available to Ohio institutions. Today's announcement  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in the Senate, and Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Katie Porter (D-CA) to introduce of the Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act. The legislation would make more part-time workers eligible for benefits like pensions and family leave and give workers more control ov  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), and Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to the Department of Housing & Urban Developme  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), and Mark Warne  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following opening statement on March 17, 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 "Understanding the Role of Digital Assets in Illicit Finance." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: In 2019, a doctor's office in the Mahoning Valley in Ohio experienced a disturbin  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 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 "Understanding the Role of Digital Assets in Illicit Finance." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: In 2019, a doctor's offi  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for awarding over $6.5 million in POWER grants to communities around Ohio. POWER grants are a congressionally funded initiative that targets federal resources to help communities and regions that have been affected by job losses in coal mining, coal power plant operations, and coal-related supply chain industries due to the chan  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned witnesses on approximately how much fraud has occurred as a result of pandemic spending, how much can be recovered, and what more can be done to recover improper payments. During a heari  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman issued the following statement after meeting with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. "I appreciated the opportunity to meet with Judge Jackson. I asked her questions about her approach to interpreting and applying the law, restraints on judicial activism, and her experience as a judge. "As I've said many times, the job of a Supreme C  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Risk Index (NRI) - an online tool that utilizes data to identify communitie  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Rural Quality of Life: Opportunities and Challenges for the Rural Care Economy" at 10 a.m. on March 22, 2022, at 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses Panel 1 * The Honorable Xochitl Torres Small, Undersecretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC Panel 2 * Dr. Carrie Henning-Smith, Deputy Director, Rural Health R  more