WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2022: Today on the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, called on his colleagues to support the nomination of Judith Pryor for First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. As First Vice President, Ms. Pryor will help   more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 30, 2022: Yesterday, Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) voted in favor of the Securing A Strong Retirement Act of 2022, a bipartisan retirement package designed to help Americans increase their retirement savings and improve long-term financial wellbeing. Congressman Wenstrup and Congressman Jason Crow's (D-Colo.) Military Spouses Retirement Security Act, which helps military families save for retirem  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Last week, Representatives Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), Elaine Luria (D-Va.), Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio), and Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) wrote to the Biden administration expressing concern regarding the supply chain of advanced uranium fuels in the United States. The Russian Federation is a significant global supplier of high-assay, low enriched uranium (HALEU),  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, co-sponsored legislation led by U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to build and revitalize housing in distressed neighborhoods in Colorado and across the country. Currently, private development is lacking in some urban and rural areas because the cost of purchasing and renovating homes is greate  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held a virtual roundtable event with OhioX, a statewide nonprofit association with a mission focused on building Ohio into a tech hub. Brown is working to invest in American innovation and advanced manufacturing, and to create good-paying technology jobs in Ohio. As a part of this, Brown has played a leading role in ensuring the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (U  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) along with U.S. Representatives Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the Biden administration expressing concern regarding the supply chain of advanced uranium fuels in the United States. The Russian Federation is a significant global supplier of h  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the Chairman of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee, hosted a news conference call to discuss efforts to protect Ohioans from medical debt and abusive debt collectors. The call followed a hearing Brown held on the same topic yesterday. "Illness and medical emergencies can happen to anyone, without warning. No one should have their financial future ruined becaus  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, led his colleagues in a letter to the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, urging them to work with banks  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, led his colleagues in a letter to the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, urging them to work with banks and credit unions to ensure small businesses have access to safe and sound credit as M  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following transcript of an interview on Fox Business: Senator Portman joined FOX Business this afternoon to discuss high energy prices and how the Biden administration must change course to support domestic energy production. He also discussed his new bipartisan legislation with Senator Bennet of Colorado that would freeze the assets of Russian oligarchs and give their proceeds to Ukraine for their humanitarian efforts. Portman noted   more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) led their colleagues in a letter to the Biden administration expressing concern about the supply chain for advanced nuclear fuels in the United States. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Reps. Elaine Luria (D-VA), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Richard Hudson (R-NC), and Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) joined Senator Portman and Rep. Wenstrup in sending this lette  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) praised the House of Representatives today for passing the Securing a Strong Retirement Act by a vote of 414-5. Cardin and Portman, longtime champions of retirement security, are cosponsoring companion legislation in the Senate. Cardin and Portman praised this commonsense, bipartisan bill, led by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Ne  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chairs of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, hosted members of the Ukrainian Parliament to brief members of the Senate Ukraine Caucus on the latest regarding Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine and how else the U.S. Senate can support their nation. Ukrainian Parliament members in attendance included Lesia Zaburanna, Yevheniya Kravchuk, Anas  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 30, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Risk Ind  more