WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 12, 2022: * * * Congressman Troy Balderson issued the following statement today blasting the Biden Administration for failures that have culminated in a national baby formula shortage and demanding immediate action to address the crisis: "The baby formula shortage is yet another crisis of the Biden Administration's own making-and it's putting our most vulnerable Americans in jeopardy. "The Administration  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today joined his colleagues at a public meeting of the conference committee to negotiate a final bill based on the Senate's U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) and the House's America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act of 20  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Boozman (R-AR), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced legislation to improve government services and unlock new research by securely sharing data between federal agencies -- without sacrificing security or privacy. The Secure Research Data Network Act would create a free open-source software data platform to provide approved government researchers with s  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on May 5, 2022, entitled "Examining Student Loan Servicers and Their Impact on Workers": * * * 43 million Americans are drowning in $1.75 trillion in student debt. That debt is preventing generations of Americans from pursuing their dreams and seeing their hard work pay off. It holds people back from buying a house, starting a busi  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), a senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today introduced legislation to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, which promotes the long-term conservation, education, research, monitoring, and habitat protec  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, which promotes the long-term conservation, education, research, monitoring, and habitat protection for more than 380 species of migratory birds. Key improvements included in the legislation would lower the required cost-sharing requirement for grant recipients f  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Senate Finance Committee Member, and Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senate Finance Committee Chair, introduced legislation to disallow foreign tax credits for companies that pay taxes to the Russian government, and other tax benefits. "American taxpayers should not subsidize the Russian war machine. Vladimir Putin continues to bomb civilians, and credible reports and strong evidence of war c  more