WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: On the final day of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, U.S. Congresswoman and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03) delivered testimony on behalf of Judge Jackson to the Senate Judiciary Committee. "As Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, I speak on behalf of 59 Members of Congress -- including 28 Black women and 31 Black men -- together representing 17  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: Yesterday, during a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing titled "Honoring Our Commitment: Improving VA's Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, "U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) spoke with caregivers and Veteran Services Organizations (VSO) whose work supports veterans. During the hearing, Brown raised his concerns about Secretary McDonough's recommendations to the  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: This afternoon, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined Fox News' America Reports with John Roberts and Sandra Smith to discuss the potential use of chemical weaponry by Vladimir Putin against Ukraine and what the appropriate response would be by the United States and NATO. Portman also called for a more concrete "red line" and a clear signal that there would be a strong response if Russia used  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: On the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called for the U.S. Senate to act and vote to revoke Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia. A bill passed the House by a near unanimous and bipartisan vote and Brown is calling on his colleagues to pass this legislation in the Senate. "Russia should not have fre  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement congratulating retired Toledo Police Department Detective Louie Espinosa on his induction into the National Law Enforcement Officer Hall of Fame. Today, eight law enforcement officers from across the country were inducted into the National Law Enforcement Officer Hall of Fame - including retired Toledo Police Department Detective Louie Espino  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the passing of Secretary Madeline Albright. "As Ambassador to the United Nations and first woman to serve as Secretary of State, Madeline Albright was steadfast in her commitment to advancing hope and freedom around the world. "Secretary Albright was a stellar American endowed with true vision and fortitude whose contributions to Lib  more

KENT, Ohio, March 25 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) is announcing $454,327 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to be awarded to Kent State University Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry Research departments. This funding will be used by researchers and students in the important work of anti-cancer therapy studies. NIGMS is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the principal medical r  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), Co-Chair of the Addiction, Treatment & Recovery Caucus, last week hosted a panel discussion on the changing landscape and new challenges of the opioid epidemic, including the sharp rise of fentanyl-related overdose deaths across the United States. Ryan was joined by special guest, Award-Winning American Actor Michael Keaton, former student at Kent State University in Ryan's congressi  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), member of the House Appropriations Committee, today announced that his office is now accepting Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Appropriations requests, including requests for Community Project Funding (CPF). Community Project Funding requests direct funding to specific governmental entities or nonprofit organizations. Through the new CPF program, Members of Congress will be able to request fu  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH) and Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-CA) introduced the House version of legislation that will require public reporting and notice of the hundreds of thousands of criminal surveillance orders issued by courts each year. The bill, which was introduced in the Senate by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Steve Daines (R-MT), will add transparency to the government-ordered surveillance o  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement applauding President Biden's announcement of new targeted sanctions on Duma members, Russian elites, and defense firms and others supporting Putin's war effort. "These powerful new sanct  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 24, 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 "Strengthening Oversight and Equity in the Appraisal Process." Yesterday, Sen. Brown applauded the Biden-Harris Administration's Property Apprais  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 24, 2022: The Senate Judiciary Committee released testimony from the Majority's outside witnesses on the final day of the Committee's hearing on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Testimony is provided below on behalf of the Honorable Joyce Beatty, United States House of Representatives, 3rd District of Ohio; Ms. Risa Goluboff, Dean,   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSRep) -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, published a new report entitled America's Data Held Hostage: Case Studies in Ransomware Attacks on American Companies. The report documents the experiences of three victims targeted by the REvil ransomw  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to protect infant lives by banning the sale of padded crib bumpers -- which have been proven to pose an unnecessary, deadly risk to sleeping infants -- passed the Senate and is now headed to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration. The Safe Cribs Act would also make it unlawful nationwide to manufacture   more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and U.S. Representatives Pramila Jaypal (D-Wash.) and Mark Takano (D-Calif.) wrote a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging the Department of Education (ED) to swiftly discharge the loans of borrowers defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges and universities, inc  more