WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Yesterday, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing titled, "ThePresident's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget," U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) askedU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)Xavier Becerra for his continued support of the health care workforce in Ohioand nationally. "Cincinnati is home to two CDC NIOSH facilities, NationalInstitute of Occupational Safety and Health. 550 feder  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release April 6, 2022: Yesterday, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) joined several of his colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to keep Title 42 in place. On April 1, the White House announced it would be terminating Title 42, one of the strongest tools the federal government has to deter the record-breaking flow of illegal immigration. This announcement came days after U.S Customs and Border Patrol announced that th  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) announced Ohio will receive $259 million this year from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to upgrade and expand local transit. This total includes $65 million and $12 million for local transit projects in Cleveland and Akron, respectively. Funding will allow transit authorities to buy new buses and railcars, address repair backlogs, modernize fleets, and transitio  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives Tim Ryan (OH-13), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Joyce Beatty (OH-02) in sending a letter to the U.S. Departments of State, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, notifying them of Ohio's readiness to accept Ukrainian refugees fleeing Vladimir Putin's brut  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. A. Drew Ferguson, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressmen Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) and Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), members of the House Ways and Means Committee and the GOP Doctors Caucus, introduced the American Made Medicine Act. This legislation will strengthen America's domestic medical supply chains, create good, high-paying jobs in the United States in this critical sector, and enhance our national security. The bill will also incentivize key in  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), Shontel Brown (D-OH-11), Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3), and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to the U.S. Departments of State, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, notifying them of Ohio's readiness to accept Ukrainian refugees fleeing Vladimir Putin's brutal attack on their co  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Ranking Member and Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and Gary Peters (Mich.) and Rob Portman (Ohio), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Intragovernmental Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act to ensure sharing of cybersecurit  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 6, 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 nomination hearing for Ms. Ventris C. Gibson, nominee to be Director of the Mint, and Mr. Paul M. Rosen, nominee to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Inves  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss his efforts to quadruple the amount educators can deduct from their taxes for out-of-pocket classroom expenses. Brown and Rep. Anthony Brown (MD-04) introduced the Educators Expense Deduction Modernization Act of 2022 this week. The current deduction for teachers is $250 - far less than most teachers spend each year out of their own po  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senate cafeteria workers in front of the U.S. Capitol as they protest recently announced layoffs. Approximately 45 Senate dining workers and 40 Capitol Visitor Center workers were notified last week that they will be laid off starting April 15th. "After all that you've done for senators during this pandemic, it's despicable that this company is laying   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representatives Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), Shontel Brown (D-OH-11), and Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3) sent a letter to the U.S. Departments of State, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, notifying them of Ohio's readiness to accept Ukrainian refugees fleeing Vladimir Putin's brutal attack on   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the announcement that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has made more than $20 billion investment in American transit -$259 million for Ohio - thanks to the Portman's bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. According to the FTA, the funding levels, detailed in these apportionment tables for each of 30 programs for fis  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced that the Senate has passed their bipartisan Pray Safe Act to establish a federal clearinghouse through which faith-based organizations and houses of worship could access informatio  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, Roy Blunt (R-MO), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affai  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives James Comer (R-KY) and Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Ranking Member and Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that their histori  more