WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Brad Wenstrup (OH-02) and Terri Sewell (AL-07) introduced the bipartisan Employee Access to Worksite Health Services Act. "Our communities here in Ohio and across the country rely on worksite health clinics to provide valuable resources which keep people healthier longer by providing interventions and preventative healthcare," said Rep. Wenstrup. "Our tax system currently disincentivizes employers   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) was appointed to serve as a conferee on the committee that will reconcile the differences between the House's America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 2022 and the Senate's U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA). Brown expects a quick negotiation of a final bill to send to the president's desk to   more

CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio, April 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Circleville government, business and community leaders to discuss Pickaway County's recovery from the pandemic and future economic development. Brown also discussed how the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help communities like Circleville and Pickaway county. "We need to make sure our economy   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined veterans who live in South Central Ohio for a roundtable discussion about his efforts to keep the Chillicothe VA Medical Center (CVAMC) facility open. Following a Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) recommendation last month to close the CVAMC, Brown has met with and raised his concerns to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough that a closure would place a hard  more

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin, April 9 -- Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, along with Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) sent a letter to Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mi.), chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affa  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2022 (S.4074), with U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Tom Carper (D-DE) to allow the U.S. to help countries take proactive steps to reduce the risk of zoonotic spillover - the transmission of disease from animals to humans - through the comme  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand and support research surrounding the neurological impacts of COVID-19. The Brycen Gray and Ben Price COVID-19 Cognitive Research Act would authorize the National Science Foundation to award grants on a competitive basis to support interdisciplinary research on the disruption of cognit  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), John Thune (R-SD), and Ben Cardin (D-MD), members of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), introduced the Medicaid Ensuring Necessary Telehealth is Available Long-term (MENTAL) Health for Kids and Underserved Act. This bipartisan legislation would direct the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) introduced the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2022, legislation that will reauthorize current research and improve public health programs for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss in newborns, infants, and young children for five additional years. The program is currently  more