WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release: On Friday, May 20, Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06) welcomed Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) to eastern Ohio for a Congressional Western Caucus field tour. "I was honored to host Reps. Dan Newhouse and Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Eastern Ohio," said Rep. Johnson. "We met with energy producers and employees to learn how we can help Americans who are struggling with rising e  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on May 23, 2022: Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH) led a letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on Education and Labor requesting that it take a closer look at the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, re-evaluate its role, and eliminate it, if necessary. The letter reads, "Though well intended, the program has been disastrous for both students and taxpayers. In 2020, the U.S. Department of   more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to react to former Clinton Campaign manager Robby Mook testifying that then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton approved the distribution of materials to the media linking the Trump Organization to a Russian bank. According to Rep. Jordan, this was all part of a  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. House Judiciary Republicans led by U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) released a statement on May 11 indicating they had sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding his Oct. 2021 memorandum directing the targeting of parents by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). "This is about intimidation. This is about chilling fr  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 23, 2022: * * * Congressman Ryan made the following statement after the Russia Foreign Ministry banned him and 962 other Americans from entering Russia. "I would like to thank the Russian Foreign Ministry for formally recognizing my hard work and advocacy in supporting Ukraine and my Ukrainian-American constituents. "As it turns out, Vladimir Putin doesn't like it when you stand up for freedom and make him pa  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the below statement following President Biden's announcement of the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) with a dozen countries during his trip to Tokyo, Japan. "Corporate trade deals have devastated Ohio communities for decades - it's why I voted against every trade agreement for my entire career, until we secured new worker protect  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown joined U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) last week in introducing the University Centers for Growth, Development, and Prosperity (GDP) Act. The legislation would codify the U.S. Economic Development Administration's (EDA) University Center Economic Development Program, increase the number of University Centers, and bolster funding for each center. University Ce  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: It's simple: If you put in the work, you should get paid for it. Yet hundreds of thousands of Ohio workers are cheated out of the paychecks they earned, year after year. Companies and shady employers use all kinds of tricks to steal workers' wages. They force them to work off the clock, they leave hours off their paychecks, they pay them off the books, they steal tips, and they deny overtime pay, after workers h  more