WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) announced that Ohio will receive $214 million to reduce carbon pollution across the state and ease congestion in local communities. The federal funding is being provided to the state through the new Carbon Reduction Program, an initiative established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is delivering critical investments in Ohio to r  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined the City Club of Cleveland's Lunch Forum to deliver remarks about his work to support Ukraine during Russia's ongoing invasion. Members of the United Ukrainian Organizations of Ohio, who have worked diligently in the state of Ohio and with Senator Portman to support Ukraine, were in attendance as guests of Senator Portman. As Co-Chair of the Senate Ukrai  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 21, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statements on President Biden's appointment of retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Terry Wolff to serve as the Ukraine Security Assistance Coordinator, following bipartisan calls led by Senators Portman, Shaheen, Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) to designate a senior official to fill such a role. Earlier th  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 21, 2022: Over the past two weeks, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited communities across Ohio to hear from Ohioans and highlight key wins that he worked to secure in both the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the American Rescue Plan. Brown met with veterans and employees from the Chillicothe VA Medical Center; hosted a workforce development roundtable with leaders in Circleville and a mental heal  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) visited MedWish International where he toured their facility and participated in a roundtable discussion with MedWish International leaders, United Ukrainian Organizations of Ohio leaders, and representatives of area hospitals. They discussed MedWish's valuable partnership with the Ukrainian community and about their efforts to provide medical supplies and human  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) visited Cleveland-Cliffs, where he met with Executive VP Cliff Smith and saw first-hand Cleveland-Cliffs' $1 billion investment in its Toledo Direct Reduction Plant, which employs 171 individuals and produces hot briquetted iron through a natural gas-based iron reduction process. The two led a press conference where they discussed Portman's efforts to level the playing field for   more

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 22 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today is announcing an additional $3,168,898 grant for Trumbull Community Action Program's (TCAP) Head Start Program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The same amount was awarded last year as part of a five-year project funded through the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start and will support Trumbull Country Action Head Start   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Carey (OH-15) and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) introduced the Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Program Act to address a rise in cybersecurity threats against energy infrastructure in the United States. Recent incidents, like the ransomware attack on the Colonial Gas Pipeline, an attempted water poisoning at a Florida treatment plant, or last year's attempted cyberattack on the Po  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced a House Joint Resolution alongside Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (IA-02) to repeal the Head Start mask and vaccine mandate. This resolution is the House companion to S.J.Res. 39, introduced by Sen. John Thune (R-SD) in February. Currently, the Biden Administration not only requires all staff and volunteers in Head Start educational facilities to be fully   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $150,000 grant to the Buckeye Hills Regional Council in Marietta for redevelopment planning of The Ridges complex, a former asylum currently owned by Ohio University. This funding will help lay out the means to adaptively reuse existing buildings, preserve natural areas for the community's use, and develop  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Sen. Sherrod Brown, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Sen. Patty Murray, Chair of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, led their colleagues in a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra urging the agency to investigate training repayment agreements (TRAs), which raise significant concerns about consume  more