WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) met with regional airport officials to learn more about recent and planned investments at John Glenn Columbus International Airport. The group discussed how the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Senator Portman was the lead Republican negotiator of, included new streams of funding for airports in Ohio and all around the country. The group also discussed way  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) - Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus - released the following statement on President Joe Biden's plan to nominate Ambassador Bridget Brink to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. "Bridget Brink's nomination to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine is enormously welcome news. "In the 30-year histor  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen's (BLE&T) Ohio State Legislative Board Quadrennial Meeting to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure law and its more than $66 billion of guaranteed rail investments over the next five years. "This is the most pro-labor, pro-worker infrastructure investment we've had in at least a generation," said Brown. "The bipa  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to the Ohio Power Siting Board last week urging them to reject the proposed Lincoln Park-Riverbend Transmission project which was submitted by American Transmission Systems, a FirstEnergy company. This proposed project will have significant impacts on the quality of life for the residents of the Mahoning Valley, and has the potential to deter future development   more