WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) applauded President Biden's newly released proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23). "Through his proposed budget, President Biden has made clear the value he places on working families and vulnerable Americans," said Rep. Brown. "The budget seeks to lower prescription drug costs and make health care more affordable, while investing in child care, affordable housing, and crit  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) announced that he recently joined Congressman Lee Zeldin (NY-01) in introducing H.R. 6940, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act. This legislation aims to combat the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, an international campaign that encourages the boycotting of companies and organizations that do business with the Jewish State of Israel. "There is no place for anti-Semitism in  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on President Biden's fiscal year 2023 federal budget request. "President Biden's budget proposal is an investment in the Middle Class workers and communities that make, build, and grow America," said Rep. Kaptur. "By requiring the wealthiest and biggest corporations to pay their fair share, we will cut the deficit, lower costs, and advance A  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: Planting season is almost here. Across our state, farmers have prepared all winter to begin the hard work of growing the food that feeds the world. In Ohio, agriculture supports one in every eight jobs. And over the past two years, Ohio farmers and producers have faced and overcome unprecedented challenges. The pandemic combined with years of chaotic policy in agriculture made it harder for farmers to do what t  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following transcript of an interview on Fox Business' Kudlow: Senator Portman joined FOX Business' Kudlow this afternoon to discuss Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine. Portman called on the Biden administration to help other countries cut off President Putin's funding for his war by stopping their purchase of Russian oil and gas, by backfilling their needs with American energy. Portman noted that a large part of Russia's revenue sourc  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led a bipartisan group of 68 senators in a letter urging the Biden administration to "prioritize reversing the U.N. Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) discriminatory and unwarranted treatment of Israel by leading a multinational effort in the Council and in the U.N. to end the permanent Commission of I  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and other colleagues Monday in a letter urging the Biden Administration to "prioritize reversing the UN Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) discriminatory and unwarranted treatment of Israel by leading a multinat  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in sending letters to major banks urging them to lower or fully eliminate their overdraft fees. The letters were sent to the Chief Executive Officers of Charles Schwab, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Financial Services Group, TD Group, Truist Financial Corporation, U.S. Bancorp, and Wells Fargo. "Fin  more