WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement calling for the Conference Committee tasked with reconciling differences between the Senate's United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) and the House's America COMPETES Act,  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: Today on the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, called on his colleagues to support the nomination of Ms. Sandra Thompson for Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Ms. Thompson will be the first African American woman to be confirmed as Director of FHFA. Video of Senator Brown's remarks  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: On the Senate Floor, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, called on his colleagues to support the nomination of Ms. Sandra Thompson for Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Ms. Thompson will be the first African American woman to be confirmed as Direc  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties issued the following testimony by Claire Mengel, a high school student and activist in Cincinnati, Ohio, involving a hybrid hearing on March 19, 2022, entitled "Free Speech Under Attack (Part II): Curriculum Sabotage and Classroom Censorship": * * * My name is Claire Mengel and I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio. Thank you for inviting me here today and for holding this hearing. I want to tell you abou  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced the awarding of $2,484,000 in federal funding that she secured for seven local projects as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' annual budget. Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released its fiscal year 2022 work plan outlining projects the Corps will soon undertake. As Chair of the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee  more

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, May 26 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) joined GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA23), Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Representative Troy Balderson (R-OH12), Representative Mike Carey (R-OH15), Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH1), and Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH2) for a roundtable regarding the rising fentanyl crisis plaguing our nation. "As a conference, we are united in the fight again  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) congratulated Ohio workers at Starbucks locations in Cleveland and Columbus who have voted in favor of unionizing. Brown visited both locations to show support for their movement. "Today was a landmark victory for Ohio workers. We are witnessing the next generation of the labor movement in action. These Ohioans are doing what workers in our state have done for   more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced Steve Dettelbach at his U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to serve as the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Mr. Dettelbach is a Cleveland native and from 2009 until 2016, served as the Senate-confirmed U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. "I have known Steve for years, and watche  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss the bipartisan deal reached by members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on a legislative package to deliver comprehensive relief to all generations of veterans who have suffered due to toxic exposure, for the first time in the nation's history. Brown is the longest-serving Ohioan on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and is  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) testified virtually on behalf of the entire U.S. flat-rolled steel industry and its thousands of Ohio workers, urging the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to recommend that President Biden extend anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) to ensure U.S. Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs, Nucor, and Steel Dynamics, and their workers, get sufficient  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), John Thune (R-SD), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced legislation to allow retired first responders to withdraw from their retirement without being penalized. The senators' legislation would improve and reform the Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Safety Act (HELPS), by changing state and local direct payment requirements from mandatory to optional  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) have introduced legislation that seeks to make it easier for retired first responders to take advantage of a benefit designed to help them cover health expenses. Under the current system, health insurance payments are required to go directly from the pension plan to the health insurer for first responders t  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on May 25, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) today led a bipartisan group of senators in sending a letter to President Biden urging him not to lift the Section 301 tariffs, which currently target China and their illegal and unfair trade practices. The Biden administration has publicly signaled a desire to lift the tariffs, a policy position long advocated for by the Chinese Communist Party. The Bide  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the Department of the Interior (DOI) will be making a $33 million investment to plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned oil and gas wells and well sites in national parks, national forests, national wildlife refuges, and on other public lands. This investment was made possible thanks to Portman's bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced legislation that would simplify the way in which retired first responders can make tax-free withdrawals from their retirement accounts to go toward qualifying health insurance premiums. Under current law, retirement plans must make direct payments to a qualifying insurance plan in order for t  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- 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, Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, Roy Blunt (R-MO), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee, and Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affair  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- 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, applauded the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for passing their bipartisan Planning for Animal Wellness (PAW) Act to help protect pets and other animals, durin  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- 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, announced that their bipartisan Improving Government for America's Taxpayers Act has advanced from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The legislation   more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- 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 (HSGAC), and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) applauded HSGAC for passing their bipartisan DHS Trade and Economic Security Council Act to strengthen U.S. supply chains and domestic production capaci  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- 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 Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), applauded the Committee for passing their bipartisan Technological Hazards Preparedness and Training Act of 2022 to expand the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) preparedness prog  more