WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, issued the following news release on May 24, 2022: Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Republican Leader Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered remarks at today's Committee hearing on legislation to improve American leadership in next generation communications technology. Excerpts and highlights from his prepared remarks: SPECTRUM SC  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Portman joined Bloomberg TV this afternoon to discuss the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework - though the framework does not include market access, Portman said it would lead to reducing barriers in the region, which is a good thing. When asked if including market access would be doable in a trade agreement in the region, Portman argued that an agreement of that nature would be most plausible with Japan - gi  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) - Co-Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus - released the following statement after being sanctioned by the Russian Federation and banned from entering the country. "I am honored to be sanctioned by Putin - a coward whose evil knows no bounds," said Rep. Kaptur. "Putin is terrified of Liberty and those who revere it, and this latest desperate move only deepens  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 24, 2022: Congressman Tim Ryan is today announcing $1,178,418 in federal funds for Ohio North East (ONE) Health Systems, Inc. This investment will allow the organization to deliver comprehensive, high-quality primary health care services to the nation's most vulnerable individuals and families, including agricultural workers, residents of public housing, veterans, and those experiencing homelessness. "I would  more

DAYTON, Ohio, May 25 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) participated in the grand opening of McBride Place, the newest affordable housing community open to veterans and civilians on Dayton's VA Campus. In 2021, Turner secured $456,500 in federal grant funding for the St. Mary Development Corporation and helped the project developer navigate federal deadlines and requirements for the project. "In 2018, I began actively working with  more

DAYTON, Ohio, May 25 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Turner, Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy toured the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) and received a national security briefing at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). "House Republican Leader McCarthy is no stranger to Wright-Patterson and I am glad to welcome him here again," said Congressman Turner. "M  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following joint commentary with Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, to the Steubenville Herald-Star: * * * Families in Eastern Ohio and across the United States are experiencing record-high gas prices, and -- as wars wage around the world -- it is increasingly apparent that our energy supply chain is at risk. This is a direct result of the misguided and anti-American energy agenda being implemented by President Biden and his Administrati  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray questioning the agency's use of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorities, specifically t  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $1,000,000 grant to the Village of Bainbridge in Ross County for the installation of a new sewer line and the construction of a 150,000 gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant. This new sanitation infrastructure is expected to help to provide service for 350 households and 40 businesses in the Village. "U  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- 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 the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced federal charges against an alleged ISIS operative in Columbus, Ohio was in the United States with a pending asylum application, planning to u  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following commentary to the Columbus Dispatch: * * * In a new op-ed for the Columbus Dispatch, Senator Portman discusses the deadly opioid epidemic that continues to tear apart families across the nation. Portman brings specific attention to the recent deaths of two students from The Ohio State University who tragically overdosed on pills they thought were Adderall, but were poisoned with the fatal synthetic opioid, fentanyl. As Portm  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on May 24, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) today joined a bipartisan group of 81 others senators in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to expedite the Executive Branch's process to advance Sweden and Finland's applications for NATO membership and pledging to work with the administration to ensure swift ratification of the Washington Treaty. In the letter, the senators noted that NATO'  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Laura Karet, CEO, president and executive chair of Giant Eagle, involving a hearing on May 4, 2022, entitled "Excessive Swipe Fees and Barriers to Competition in the Credit and Debit Card Systems": * * * I am Laura Karet, CEO, President and Executive Chair of Giant Eagle, Inc., one of the nation's largest multi-format food, fuel and convenience retailers with approximately 34,500 team members operating more   more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Brown Recently Introduced Legislation that Would Protect the Health Insurance of Striking Workers, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Locked Out Workers' Healthcare Protection Act that would protect the health insurance workers earned and negotiated in their contracts, by penalizing a  more