WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) questioned IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig about the delay in millions of taxpayers' tax returns. Portman highlighted the stories he has heard about small businesses unable to secure loans due to not having a processed tax return. Commissioner Rettig agreed with Portman on the need to address the processing backlog, and Portman noted his bipartisan work with Senat  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on April 7, 2022: * * * Congressman Troy Balderson issued the following statement today criticizing the Biden Administration's recent decision to rescind Title 42, an effective Trump-era mechanism helping to prevent illegal entries. "Our border patrol officers need more - not fewer - tools at their disposal to secure the border. "This reckless decision effectively creates a massive payday for drug cartels, wh  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) supported House passage of the Relief for Restaurants & Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act, a bill to provide relief to restaurants, food and beverage businesses, and other small businesses hit hard by the pandemic. "Ohio's nearly 1 million small businesses are critical to our economy, employing nearly half of all workers state-wide," said Rep. Brown. "The American Res  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on April 7, 2022: * * * Representative Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) released the following statement after the United States Senate voted to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. "As a Black Woman and as a proud American, it is hard to describe what a truly historic day this is for our great nation. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has shattered one of the last remaining glass ceilings by becoming the  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Carey (OH-15) was joined by eight of his House colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan, urging him to avoid putting hundreds of thousands of American jobs at risk by releasing a flawed and incomplete risk assessment of formaldehyde. "By rushing a scientifically flawed and incomplete risk assessment of formaldehyde, the EPA is putti  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after speaking at, and questioning, leaders from major oil and gas companies at an Energy & Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing: This afternoon, I told leaders of major oil and gas companies today that they've got a great story to tell - they just need to tell it - to counter the lies and misinformation coming fr  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on President Joe Biden's signing of the Postal Service Reform Act into law. The bill received strong bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate before being signed into law today. "Mail delivery is one of the most basic and essential services that Americans rely upon every single day," said Rep. Kaptur. "The hardwork  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * "I join with all Americans in celebrating the bipartisan confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court," said Rep. Kaptur. ""Through her considerable experience and principled commitment to the Constitution, Judge Jackson will advance the American system of the rule of law with fairness and equality. "After more than two centuries, our nation stands proudly in witness of t  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) voted to secure urgently needed relief for small businesses across Ohio. The Relief for Restaurants & Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act will deliver $586,846,954 million to replenish funding for Ohio's restaurants and establish a new program supporting other small businesses impacted by the pandemic. "For months, I called on President Biden and Congressional leadership to support rep  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on April 7, 2022: * * * The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights." Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement in response. "The global community cannot sit idly by while Vladimir Putin and his thugs continue to launch unprovoked attacks and brutally slaughter innocent Uk  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- 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, announced approximately $186 million in additional transit funding for public transit agencies across Ohio. The first down payment of $73.5 million was announced earlier this year, and the U.S. Department of Transportation has released the remainder of funding for fiscal year 2022. A total of $259 million f  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that AmeriCorps has awarded a $1,114,225 grant to The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus to fund six full-time and 68 part-time AmeriCorps rural and urban Public Health Corps members. This funding will help provide economically disadvantaged families with a Public Health Ecosystem - a system of support and resources - and health education focused on diet and nut  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined the Dayton Development Coalition's annual fly-in. In his remarks, Brown spoke about his work to secure key wins for the region in the recent government funding package, infrastructure investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the need to pass legislation to help the U.S. better compete with China, and the important work of assisting our veterans who were expo  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- 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, sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Pro Tempore Jay Powell and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu urging them to join the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in ensuring that bank mergers, if approved, serve American families, small businesses, and communities - not Wall Street   more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, 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, sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Pro Tempore Jay Powell and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu urging them to join the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in ensuring that bank mergers, if approved, serve Am  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Jackson's historic confirmation makes her the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court. "This is a historic day in our nation's history, and I was proud to be able to vote to confirm Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. "Justice Jackson's diverse set of experiences and pe  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) issued the following statement following the U.S. Senate's passage of the removal of Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia. "Russia should not have free and unlimited access to America's economy. Even before this war, we knew that Russia cheats the rules on trade," said Brown. "President Biden will now have the immediate legal authority he needs to work with our allies  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded Senate approval of legislation that would ban Russian energy imports and revoke Russia's Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status with the United States. Portman has been a leading voice on these issues. He was the first Republican to call for suspending PNTR with Russia on February 25, 2022. He also was the first to introduce legislation on the t  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), James Lankford (R-OK), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Thune (R-SD), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Jon Tester (D-MT), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the Public Health and Border Security Act to require all COVID-19 related national states of emergency to be lifted before Title 42 is officially terminat  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined an amicus brief at the 11th Circuit Court, arguing that President Biden's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) unconstitutionally blocks states from lowering taxes. "If the Tax Mandate is unambiguous, it amounts to an impermissible assault on the States' sovereignty," write the senators. "If it is ambiguous, it fails to pass one of the S  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Last night, the Senate passed the bipartisan Countering Human Trafficking Act authored by U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that would enhance our nation's ability to combat the rise of human trafficking. The bill, which  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Senate Finance Committee Member, and Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Finance Committee Chair, today released a discussion draft of legislation to disallow Foreign Tax Credits for companies that pay taxes to the Russian government, and other tax benefits. "We have bipartisan agreement on policies to ensure American taxpayers are not subsidizing the Russian war machine.  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), today introduced the Medicaid Ensuring Necessary Telehealth is Available Long-term (MENTAL) Health for Kids and Underserved Act. This bipartisan legislation would direct the Centers  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 7, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee Member Rob Portman, R-Ohio, today released a discussion draft of legislation to disallow Foreign Tax Credits for companies that pay taxes to the Russian government, and other tax benefits. "We have bipartisan agreement on policies to ensure American taxpayers are not subsidiz  more