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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Saturday March 19, 2022 ( 10 items )  

President Signs Funding Package Into Law With Key Wins for Central Ohio Secured by Sen. Brown
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: President Biden recently signed a funding package into law that includes key wins for central Ohio that Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) helped secure, including funding local projects and other important priorities. Brown and his office worked with local entities across Ohio to request and secure Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding through the Senate Appropriations Committee, securing more than $100   more

President Signs Funding Package Into Law With Key Wins for Northeast Ohio Secured by Sen. Brown
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: President Biden recently signed a funding package into law that includes key wins for northeast Ohio that Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) helped secure, including funding local projects and other important priorities. Brown and his office worked with local entities across Ohio to request and secure Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding through the Senate Appropriations Committee, securing more than $10  more

President Signs Funding Package Into Law With Key Wins for Northwest Ohio Secured by Sen. Brown
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: President Biden recently signed a funding package into law that includes key wins for northwest Ohio that Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) helped secure, including funding local projects and other important priorities. Brown and his office worked with local entities across Ohio to request and secure Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding through the Senate Appropriations Committee, securing more than $10  more

President Signs Funding Package Into Law With Key Wins for Southeast Ohio Secured by Sen. Brown
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: President Biden recently signed a funding package into law that includes key wins for southeast Ohio that Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) helped secure, including funding local projects and other important priorities. Brown and his office worked with local entities across Ohio to request and secure Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding through the Senate Appropriations Committee, securing more than $10  more

President Signs Funding Package Into Law With Key Wins for Southwest Ohio Secured by Sen. Brown
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: President Biden recently signed a funding package into law that includes key wins for southwest Ohio that Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) helped secure, including funding local projects and other important priorities. Brown and his office worked with local entities across Ohio to request and secure Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) funding through the Senate Appropriations Committee, securing more than $10  more

Reps. Gibbs, Kaptur Introduce Resolution Supporting Ukraine, Demanding Putin's Full Withdrawal
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: With the Russian invasion of Ukraine entering its fourth week, Congressman Bob Gibbs (OH-7) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) led 12 colleagues to introduce a bipartisan resolution expressing unwavering support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. The resolution demands Putin's ceasefire and withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukraine. Gibbs and Kaptur condemned the targeting and brutal killing of civilian  more

Reps. Wenstrup, Suozzi Introduce the Enhancing Emergency and Retirement Savings Act of 2022
WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: Yesterday, Congressmen Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 7146, the Enhancing Emergency and Retirement Savings Act of 2022, to help more Americans save for retirement by providing some flexibility to cover unexpected financial emergencies. This bill would allow penalty-free "emergency" distributions, up to $1,000, from tax-exempt retirement plans for emergency exp  more

Sen. Brown Meets With Bake Me Happy Owner to Discuss Restaurant Challenges, Investments
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) met with Letha Pugh, owner of the Bake Me Happy gluten-free bakery and Preston's: A Burger Joint in the Columbus area to learn more about the challenges she has faced due to the coronavirus pandemic. "Small, home-grown businesses like Letha's are the backbone of Ohio's economy and are anchors in so many communities," said Brown. "We worked to help Ohio businesses survive this   more

Sen. Brown Meets With Veterans and Families Affected by Burn Pit Exposure While Deployed
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: At the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Danielle Robinson, widow of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, a central Ohio veteran who passed away in 2020 at age 39 from lung cancer after exposure to burn pits during a one-year deployment in Iraq in 2006. He also joined Andrea Nuetzling, a U.S. Army veteran who developed a rare, incurable lung disease a  more

Sen. Brown Statement on Removal of Medical Debt From Credit Reports
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement after the nation's largest credit-reporting firms: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion announced they would remove most medical debt from credit reports; the changes came after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it would hold bureaus accountable for inaccurate re  more