WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: During a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine the persistent and concerning threats posed by terrorists and violent extremists, a witness agreed with Portman on the importance of the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Counterterrorism Cen  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- 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), the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing to examine rising ransomware attacks and the need for comprehensive data to deter these attacks. In his remarks, Portman highlighted a report he released earlier this year en  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 8, 2022: During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) pressed Barbara Leaf, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, on the work her and other U.S. officials are doing to keep humanitarian aid flowing into Syria. The Assad regime, and its Russian allies, continue to use food as a weapon of war against the Syrian people by blocking much-needed foo  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: Today during a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation hearing, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) pressed State Department official Amos Hochstein, for updates on the current efforts by the U.S.-EU Energy Security Task Force to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian fossil fuels and strengthen European energy security. Senator Portman highlighted the approxi  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: Representative Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) announced the Paing Family Asian Grocery in Akron, OH has been awarded grant funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI). The funds will be used to strengthen the local food network in the store's South Akron neighborhood and expand access to healthy foods. "This federal funding will ensure the Paing Fa  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today went to the House floor to denounce a Republican talking point suggesting that the Second Amendment right to bear arms, including assault rifles, is a "God-given right." The speech was in response to Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio and others in Wednesday's debate on the Protecting Our Kids Act which passed the House last night. In his remarks, he said in  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on June 9, 2022: * * * Following last night's passage of HR 7776, The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, Congressman Bob Gibbs released the following statement. "Our national supply chain is at a breaking point. Yet it is heartening to see one of the most important legs of our national transportation infrastructure network, water infrastructure, continue to receive the attention it deserves. The best, mo  more

KENT, Ohio, June 10 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) is today announcing $511,885 to Kent State University from the National Science Foundation Grant to study property relationships of new polar liquid crystalline phases through synthesis and characterization using a range of analytical techniques. Kent State University has led the nation in the research of liquid crystals, a vital resource used in a variety of household i  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), House Administration Committee Ranking Member Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), and Congressm  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, held an executive session to vote on the nominations of: The Honorable Michael S. Barr for Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Federal Reserve, and Mr. Jaime E. Lizarraga and Mr. Mark T. Uyeda to be members of the Securities and Excha  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded seven grants totaling $1,154,297 to county governments and airport authorities in Appalachian Ohio. The funds will be used to help make repairs to airports and their critical infrastructure. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure that support travel and commerce in our   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded two grants to airport authorities located in Northwest Ohio, totaling $1,227,251. The funds will be used to help make repairs to airports and their critical infrastructure. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in our state," said Brown.   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded six grants to county governments and airport authorities located in Central Ohio, totaling $3,248,413. The funds will be used to help make repairs to airports and their critical infrastructure. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in our  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded three grants totaling $836,623 to county governments and airport authorities located in Southwest Ohio. The funds will be used to help make repairs to airports and their critical infrastructure. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in ou  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded seven grants totaling $4,099,854 to county governments and airport authorities located in Northeast Ohio. The funds will be used to help make repairs to airports and their critical infrastructure. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Todd Harper for Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). He is the first openly gay man to lead a federal financial regulatory agency. "I applaud t  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Equitable Housing Finance Plans for 2022-2024. "Access to housing remains unequal. I applaud Director Thompson  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Todd Harper for Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). He is the first openly gay man to lead a federal financial regulatory agency. "I applaud the confirmation of Todd Harper for Chairman of the National Credit Union  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to request a review by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) of financial institutions' consumer data activities and their potential threat to U.S. financial stability and secur  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- 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 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   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- 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, highlighted multiple recent attacks and criticized the Biden Administration for failing to provide the Committee with data on the magnitude of the domestic terrorist and violent extremist threat as required by Title   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- 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 the Senate has passed their bipartisan Repeal of Obsolete DHS Contracting Requirements Act to repeal a section of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 which  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and a group of their colleagues in urging President Biden to immediately issue an executive order directing the federal government to develop a national plan to defend Americans' fundamental reproductive rights, including their right to an abortion. Senators Feinstein, Warren and Murray wrote a l  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Coons (D-DE), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, applauded the Committee passage of their resolution, recognizing the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia's (RFA) inaugural broadcast into China and its mission to provide an independent source of news to closed societies in Asia. The resolution was reported favorably out the Senate For  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Coons (D-DE), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, applauded Committee passage of their bipartisan legislation to combat international wildlife trafficking and strengthen interagency efforts to tackle the issue. Wildlife trafficking remains a serious transnational crime and threatens the conservation of vulnerable wildlife, regional securit  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 9, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for passing their bipartisan legislation, Fighting Emerging Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting (FENTANYL) Results Act, to increase global cooperation in the fight against synthetic drug trafficking. The legislation was reported favorably out the Committee by voice vote ea  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release and letter: Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), along with their colleagues Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday sent a letter to CNH Industrial's Chief Executive Officer Scott Wine expressing support for over 1,000 UAW workers currently on strike in Racine, Wisconsin and Burlington, Iowa demanding the company negotiate a   more