WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: This morning during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on procurement innovation, Grant Schneider, Senior Director of Cybersecurity Services at Venable LLP, agreed with U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of HSGAC, on the need to address security challenges facing the F  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) have introduced the bicameral SWAMP Act. This legislation would require federal agency headquarters to move out of Washington, DC and closer to the people most impacted by the agencies' decisions: "Washington, DC's swampy culture insulates career bureaucrats and political elites from the American people who pay their salaries. It  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-Ohio) introduced the Strengthening Our Health Security Act of 2022 with fellow GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chairs, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (R-Md.), and Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas). This legislation follows the Biden Administration's announcement to suspend a public health policy known as "Title 42" effective May 23rd. This policy, which refers to Title 42   more

DENVER, Colorado, May 14 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Angus King (I-Maine), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) celebrated the launch of the Biden Administration's initiative to invest $45 billion to provide affordable, reliable, high-speed internet for every American by the end of the decade as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Today the Biden Administration announced three Notice of Funding (NOFO) opportunities  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development program has awarded a total of $600,000 to two communities in Southeast Ohio. "This federal funding makes critical investments in improving our state's infrastructure and bolstering economic growth," said Brown. "We must ensure that communities in Southeast Ohio have the resources they need to create   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative has awarded two grants to the Outdoor Recreation Council of Appalachia in Athens. These investments, totaling $1,493,716, will go toward the Gateway Communities and Sustainable Recreation project, an asset-based approach to building res  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2022: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Dr. Philip Jefferson to be a Governor of the Federal Reserve. Jefferson will be the fourth Black man to serve as Governor: "I congratulate Dr. Jefferson on his co  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on May 12, 2022: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm President Biden's Federal Reserve slate, including The Honorable Jerome H. Powell for Chairman of the Federal Reserve: "I congratulate Chair Powell, Vice Chair Br  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2022: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Julia Gordon to be Assistant Secretary for Housing and to lead the Federal Housing Administration. "I congratulate Julia Gordon on her confirmation. With decades   more

TOLEDO, Ohio, May 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) toured the Health Partners of Western Ohio (HPWO) Old West End Clinic in Toledo to discuss ways to increase children's and teens' access to health care, including mental health care, in the wake of the pandemic. Brown also spoke to clinic leaders about the progress of HPWO's school-based clinics in Lima, Kenton, and Toledo schools. "We know the toll this pandemic has taken o  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and a group of their colleagues to send a letter to Mardi Mountford, President of the Infant Nutrition Council of America, calling on infant formula manufacturers to make every effort possible to get parents and families the formula they need to feed their kids. "We write to express our concern abou  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: This May we mark National Police Week, when we honor the law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their communities over the last year. We cannot begin to repay the debt we owe these Ohioans and their families. But we can work to better support both first responders, and the communities they swear an oath to protect. It's why I've introduced the bipartisan Fighting Post-Traumatic S  more

BRUNSWICK, Maine, May 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) celebrated the launch of the Biden Administration's initiative to invest $45 billion to provide affordable, reliable, high-speed internet for every American by the end of the decade as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law. Today the Biden Administration announced three Notice of Funding (NOFO) opportunities, i  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing examining innovation in the federal procurement process where he emphasized the need to incentivize American-made products to create jobs in Ohio and across the c  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: This afternoon on Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed his questioning of the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last week on the lack of deportations of unlawful   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following remarks on May 12, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee delivered remarks today at the public meeting of the Conference Committee on the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act. The 107-member Conference Committee is tasked with reconciling differen  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: 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 Planning for Animal Wellness (PAW) Act to help protect pets and other animals, during and in the aftermath of natural disasters and emergencies. The legis  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Finance Committee Member Rob Portman, R-Ohio, today 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,  more