WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 20, 2022: This week, the House Committee on Homeland Security advanced Congressman Dave Joyce's (OH-14) bill, the PREVENT Act, to protect Customs and Border Protection (CBP) frontline personnel when handling illicit drugs. In FY2021, CBP seized a total of 624,500 pounds of drugs, including 11,203 pounds of fentanyl which is enough to kill the entire U.S. population about eight times over. In south Texas alon  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following remarks on May 20, 2022: * * * Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to call on the Biden Administration to reverse course and unleash North American energy production. The Congressman was speaking on H.R. 7688, legislation authored by House Democrats that they claim addresses high energy prices, but could lead to price setting and energy shortages. The bill passed the House  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 20, 2022: Congressman Mike Turner, on May 20, 2022, graduated from Georgetown University with a Doctorate in Liberal Studies. The focus of Turner's research is urban economic development. Turner, the former two-term Mayor of Dayton Ohio, enrolled in the part-time program to continue his work and research on improving the economic performance and sustainability of urban core cities. His Doctoral thesis,   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 20, 2022: Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH) joined 15 of his House colleagues in a bipartisan resolution strongly supporting the applications of Finland and Sweden to NATO. The resolution urges the acceptance of both countries into NATO, emphasizing that their acceptance would boost NATO's deterrence in the fight against Russia and add to NATO's overall military capabilities. In the resolution, the members  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today Reps. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-Ohio) and Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.) and U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and John Boozman (R-Ark.) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access and training to life-saving bleeding control kits in communities and public gathering places. "As a doctor and combat surgeon who served in Iraq, I know that having the proper bleeding control tools and training is critical whe  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) testified before the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) in support of a review of antidumping countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petitions from American steel producers, particularly those facing challenges from unfairly traded corrosion-resistant (CORE) steel products from China, India, Italy, Korea, and Taiwan. By law, the ITC has to review its AD/CVD o  more