WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, spoke at the AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Division (TTD)'s executive committee meeting and discussed the pro-labor, pro-worker infrastructure investments he worked to secure in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. "America's transportation workers power this country. We know our businesses and our transpo  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Congresswoman and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Joyce Beatty (OH-03) announced a $172,384,124 investment from the federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) to lower energy costs and increase energy efficiency for hardworking Ohio families. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Congresswoman Beatty played a critical role in passing, expanded WAP to ensure working families can ha  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: This evening, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) voted for H.R. 5657, the Medical Marijuana Research Act, a bipartisan bill of which Joyce is a cosponsor. Introduced by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), the bill aims to streamline the process for researchers to apply and get approved to study cannabis by amending the Controlled Substances Act. As Co-Chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, Joyce and   more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Last week, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) voted for H.R. 2954, the Securing a Strong Retirement Act, a bipartisan bill to ensure Americans have the resources they need for a prosperous retirement. This legislation aims to reduce the estimated 50% of households at risk of not having enough to maintain their living standards in retirement by expanding coverage and increasing retirement savings, simplifying the curr  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following joint statement: * * * The Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus - Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Andy Harris (R-MD) - released the following statement on Vladimir Putin's massacre of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, Ukraine. "With the bodies of hundreds of Ukrainian civilians lining the streets and dumped into shallow graves throughout cities liberat  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Last week, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined John King on CNN to discuss his bipartisan Repurposing Elite Luxuries Into Emergency Funds (RELIEF) for Ukraine Act, legislation he introduced with U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to direct any funds resulting from the disposal of seized Russian assets to support Ukrainian refugees and reconstruction. Be  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led 17 of his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urging them to provide funding to support the continued employment of the Senate cafeteria workers. On Friday, Restaurant Associates, the company that oversees the employment of Senate cafeteria workers, announced a series of layoffs that are s  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited the Starbucks location at 88 E. Broad St. in Columbus to show support for the hourly workers who have petitioned to unionize. Last month, hourly employees at the downtown store asked the National Labor Relations Board for a union vote. They also sent a letter to Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz stating that decisions Starbucks' leadership made since the  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on March 22, 2022, entitled "Building a Resilient Economy: Shoring Up Supply": * * * For generations, manufacturing was the lifeblood of communities across Ohio and throughout the country. It was heavily unionized and the jobs paid well - and it's not a coincidence that those things go together. Those jobs allowed generations of Ame  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on March 24, 2022, entitled "Strengthening Oversight and Equity in the Appraisal Process": * * * A home is so much more than four walls and a roof. It's the refuge you return to after a long, hard day at work. It's what keeps you safe at night. It's where you make memories with your children - watching them take their first steps,   more