WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 1, 2022: During a Senate Finance Committee hearing, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) expressed his concern about non-enforcement of the phase one agreement with China. Senator Portman noted the United States should use the agreement's existing dispute resolution tool to bring China into compliance and further restrict imports if China does not fall in line. In addition, Ambassador Katherine Tai praised S  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden's reckless decision to end Title 42. "President Biden has made it official: he will completely end Title 42, a Trump Administration initiative that keeps asylum seekers in Mexico due to COVID concerns. Enforcement of Title 42 was one of America's strongest tools to deter the flow of illegal immigrants  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) voted for the Affordable Insulin Now Act, critical legislation to require Medicare Part D plans and commercial health insurance plans to cover insulin and cap cost-sharing at no more than $35 per month. More than 37 million people in the United States, including one million Ohioans, have diabetes. From 2014 to 2019, the average retail price of insulin rose by 54 percent. Around o  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) voted for The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, comprehensive legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and address the injustices the criminalization of marijuana has had on communities of color. Across the country, 47 states, including Ohio, have reformed their marijuana laws, despite its federal criminalization. Yet the continued   more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: On Friday, Congressman Bob Gibbs introduced the Innocent Landowners Protection Act to give Americans who have never been involved in the drilling and production of an orphaned well from being considered a responsible party in the capping and cleanup of said wells. The bill amends the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) to ensure the National Pollution Funds Center (NPFC) can no longer misapply the definition of "responsible p  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), the Republican Co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, released the following statement on the MORE Act. "Now is not the time for Congress to simply check a box on cannabis reform. Yet here we are, voting on more-or-less the same, deeply flawed bill that barely passed the House last Congress and died directly thereafter. "With a President who has made clear his unwilli  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced Ohio will receive an additional $172,384,124 in federal funding for home weatherization and energy efficiency upgrades from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Last year, Rep. Kaptur joined nearly every House Democrat to pass the Jobs and Infrastructure bill, while 94 percent of House Republicans opposed it. This week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) re  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) - Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force - led a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden alongside 40 Members of the House and Senate calling for the appointment of an Administrator to lead the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLSLSDC) is responsible for operating and maintaining the   more

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 2 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 1, 2022: Congressman TimRyan (OH-13) yesterday wrote a letter urging members of the Ohio Power Siting Board to oppose FirstEnergy's plan to construct a six-mile long power line through downtown Youngstown. "As both a resident and Representative of the Mahoning Valley's 13th Congressional District, I write to voice my strong opposition to the proposed plan by American Transmission Systems (a FirstEner  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 1, 2022: Congressman TimRyan (OH-13) today voted in support of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (MORE Act) of 2021, legislation that decriminalizes marijuana at the federal level and rights the wrongs of decades of federal marijuana criminalization by expunging prior marijuana-related convictions and arrests. "As co-chair of the House Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus, I h  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Following President Biden's statement to release 1 million barrels of oil per day for as long as 180 days from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement. "From day one, the Biden Administration has enacted polices that are detrimental to our energy industry - ultimately causing energy prices to soar and impacting our energy independence. "Rather th  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and 49 of their Senate colleagues introduced the Support Kids Not Red Tape Act. The bill extends USDA school meal flexibilities from June 30, 2022 to September 30, 2023. These flexibilities have been crucial to feeding children throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. With 90% of our schools still facing many challenges as they return   more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and several of their colleagues in the Senate and House in sending a letter to President Biden urging the administration to act now to extend the pause on federally-held student loan payments until at least the end of the year and to provide meaningful student debt cancellation. "The payment pause has been a significant federal investmen  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: Illness and medical emergencies can happen to anyone, without warning. They're some of the scariest moments in anyone's life. And instead of being able to focus on your family's heath, suddenly you're coordinating calls with insurance companies, nervously checking your savings account, and spending hours trying to get answers. And too often, soon afterwards the debt collectors start calling. That is why I'm ca  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and Senate Finance Committee Republicans again wrote U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to highlight the lack of engagement with Congress on its international tax agreement. The senators note Treasury has consistently failed to consult Congress in any meaningful way, nor has it provided the requested data and analysis necessary for Congress to properly evaluate  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) praised unanimous Senate passage of their bipartisan resolution designating April 2022 as "National Native Plant Month." This resolution recognizes the importance of native plants to environmental conservation and restoration, as well as in supporting a diversity of wildlife. "I am pleased that the Senate passed this bipartisan resolution designating A  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 1, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today sent a letter to Administrator Anne Milgram of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Secretary Xavier Becerra of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging the agencies to use their authority under the Ryan Haight Act to ensure Americans can continue to access important medication, such as Medication   more