WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife issued the following testimony by Matt Lutz, sheriff of Muskingum County, Ohio, involving a hybrid legislative hearing on May 12, 2022, regarding the Big Cat Public Safety Act (H.R. 263): * * * Chairman Huffman, Ranking Member Bentz, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony concerning the Big Cat Public Safety Act (H.R. 263). I am the Sheriff of Muskingum Co  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: Senator Portman joined FOX Business this afternoon to discuss record high gas prices, inflation, and the importance of supporting and expanding energy production in North America, as opposed to turning to countries like Venezuela to help address high energy costs. Portman also noted the possibility of a recession as we may have another quarter of economic growth that is negative. A transcript of   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Anthony Gonzalez's (R-OH) bill to accelerate research efforts into COVID-19's impact on mental health passed the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Tuesday with unanimous support. The Brycen Gray and Ben Price COVID-19 Cognitive Research Act (HR 7180), introduced alongside Representatives Adam Kinzinger (IL-16), Susan Wild (PA-07), Scott Peters (CA-52  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan today helped pass two bills to address the infant formula shortage affecting families across Ohio. This legislation takes important steps to ensure that every Ohioan has the nutrition they need and prevent this crisis from happening again. The supplemental funding bill (H.R. 7790) provides the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urgently needed resources to help address the infant formula s  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) met with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Bill Nelson to discuss Ohio's leadership in space innovation and the areas of excellence where NASA Glenn in Cleveland is prepared to lead. Brown also urged the Administrator to quickly replace outgoing NASA Glenn Director Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, who is set to retire in June, with a Director w  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, today celebrated the news that his Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act was signed into law. The bicameral, bipartisan legislation-- which Carper introduced alongside Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governme  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: This afternoon, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) questioned nominees to diplomatic positions including the Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, Ambassador to Brazil, Ambassador to Panama, and Ambassador to Belize at a Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Portman highlighted strengthening democracy abroad and asked the nominees about their priorities should they be confir  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined 51 of his Senate colleagues in penning a letter to President Joe Biden to urge the administration's inclusion of Taiwan as a partner in the proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). In addition to recognizing Taiwan's importance to the United States as an important trading partner, the senators underscored that failing to include Taiwan in IPEF runs counter to U.S. ec  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 (TNSres) -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing that April was had the highest number of border encounters on record which makes it clear tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- 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), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, along with the Republican leaders of other key committees, including Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Pat Toomey (R  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- 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), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Representatives John Katko (R-NY), Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Jim Costa (D-CA), Member   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act has passed the House and now heads to the president's desk to be signed into law. The legislation will promote  more