WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) pressed Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian McKeon on U.S. Embassy Kyiv's return to the city, after being forced to leave the country and conduct operations out of neighboring Poland, given Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Senator Portman expressed concern about the speed of which we are   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on April 27, 2022, on the fiscal 2023 budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation: * * * We are here today to discuss the fiscal year 2023 budget requests for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. Your agencies are a cornerstone of our e  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) issued the following statement following reports of a draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. "If the reports prove accurate, the Supreme Court is poised to take direct aim at the rights and lives of women and decades of settled law. Overturning Roe would strip fundamental human and constitutional rights from millions of women, including in Ohio where the legislat  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressmen Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Freedom of the Press Caucus, marked World Press Freedom Day by introducing a resolution highlighting the importance of an independent press to a healthy democracy, condemning threats against members of the media, and reaffirming the United States' commitment to promoting and defending freedom of the pre  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on May 3, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement applauding the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) announcement that it would require mortgage lenders to collect key information on a borrower's language preference and housing counsel  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, hosted a listening session with student loan borrowers from around the country. The borrowers shared their experiences with student loan debt and its impact on their lives, including how crippling student debt undermines   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) issued the below statement following the news of the U.S. Supreme Court's draft decision to overturn the landmark case Roe vs. Wade. "This is exactly where we feared that decades of politicians' attacks on women's health would lead, and why it's so important people speak out now," said Brown. "Overturning Roe would take away women's most personal decisions and hand them over t  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter urging Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to reconsider Russia's status as a market economy within the meaning of the anti-dumping (AD) law of the Tariff Act of 1930. Although the Commerce Department classified Russia as a market economy in 2002, Russia has backslid in recent years t  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking clarification on the flexibilities that will be granted to pharmacists once the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) designation ends. The bipartisan group is seeking a smooth transition for pharmacists th  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) issued the following statement regarding the leaked draft opinion of the Dobbs case being considered by the Supreme Court. "The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion is an egregious breach of trust and a deliberate attempt to undermine the faith we place in our nation's most sacred institutions. "This further underscores the need for our country to put our political difference  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter urging Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to reconsider Russia's status as a market economy within the meaning of the anti-dumping (AD) law of the Tariff Act of 1930. Although the Commerce Department classified Russia as a market economy in 2002, Russia has backslid in recent years towards less and less of a free market economy. Now   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Rob Portman (Ohio), and Chris Coons (Del.) introduced a resolution recognizing Poland's efforts in welcoming Ukrainian refugees and supporting the Ukrainian resistance. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, over three million Ukrainians have fled across the border into Poland. Poland continues to accept the highest number of refugees compared to surrounding countries since the war st  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) announced the introduction of the Savings Penalty Elimination Act to update the asset limits for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries, which would enable beneficiaries to have more savings in case of an emergency without affecting their benefits. The senators' bill, the first significant bipartisan legislation in decades, would bring the SSI p  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the introduction of the Savings Penalty Elimination Act to update the asset limits for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries, which would enable beneficiaries to have more savings in case of an emergency without affecting their benefits. The senators' bill, the first significant bipartisan legislation in decades, would bring the SSI pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced a resolution in the Senate in recognition of Poland's efforts in welcoming Ukrainian refugees and supporting the Ukrainian resistance. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, over three million Ukrainians have fled across the border into Poland. Poland continues to accept the highest number of refugees compared to surrounding countri  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act, which will require the Government Accountability Office (GAO), as part of its annual repor  more