WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) questioned three Biden administration nominees to serve as Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, Ambassador to the State of Qatar, and Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues. Portman received a commitment that the Abraham Accords would be honored and expanded  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: In an interview this morning with CNBC's Squawk Box, Senator Portman reacted to the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates by 0.75 percent in an effort to combat soaring inflation in this country - an action Senator Portman says is too little, too late. Despite the economy doing well coming out of the pandemic, Democrats jammed through a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, which was also a   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * The House of Representatives passed the Financial Services Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Economic Justice Act (H.R. 2543). This bill would direct the Federal Reserve to "exercise all duties and functions in a manner that fosters the elimination of disparities across racial and ethnic groups" and distract from its dual mandate of monetary policy and maximizing employment. After voting against this bill,   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on June 16, 2022: * * * The House of Representatives passed the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act (H.R.7606). After voting against this bill, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) made the following statement: "Inflation is a policy choice, and Democrats are responsible," said Rep. Davidson. "Once again, Democrats have neglected to take serious action to increase American production. Instead, they have continu  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) introduced the Ensuring America Gets Legitimate Energy Sourced, Originating, and Leased at Home Reliably Act (EAGLE SOLAR) Act, legislation that expands Buy American rules to solar purchase power agreements, ensuring that the solar panels that power the federal government are made in America by American workers, not in Chinese coal-fired power plants by Uyghur forced labor. Currently,  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) voted to pass the Lower Food and Fuel Costs Act, bipartisan legislation that lowers costs at the grocery store and gas pump for American consumers by supporting farmers and ranchers and strengthening the agricultural supply chain. "By lowering costs for America's farmers, bolstering our agricultural supply chain, and unleashing the power of homegrown American ethanol, this legislation   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced today that the National Science Foundation is awarding $650,000 to the Stark State College of Technology, located in North Canton. The funding is for the college to invest in a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) apprenticeship program. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) $2,813,123 in funding through its Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility (ICAM) Program. The ICAM Program is designed to improve access to transportation services and public transportation by ex  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: Yesterday, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing titled "Supply Chain Resiliency: Alleviating Backlogs and Strengthening Long-Term Security," U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) highlighted the ways trade enforcement is crucial to speeding up supply chains and bringing them home to the U.S. During the hearing, Brown questioned Mr. Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufactur  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: This week, a bipartisan majority in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted in support of advancing legislation that includes Brown's provisions based on his Protect Infants from Formula Shortages Act. The bill would require manufacturers to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of potential formula supply disruptions and give the FDA additional tools to proactively work  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is celebrating the passage of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022, which will deliver comprehensive benefits to all generations of veterans who have suffered due to toxic exposure, for the first time in our nation's history. The legislation is named in honor of Heath Robinson, a Centra  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Steve Dettelbach's nomination to serve as the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) forward. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced Dettelbach, a Cleveland native and former Senate-confirmed U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, to the committee last month. "Steve understands that politics must play no ro  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled "Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: Protecting Communities from Flood Risk." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery,  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded Senate passage of the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, bipartisan legislation to deliver all generations of toxic-exposed veterans their earned health care and benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - for the first time in the nation's history. The legislation overwhelmingly passed the Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing that May broke April's record for the highest number of border encounters on record which makes it clear tha  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: Less than a week before the five-year anniversary of his death, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Chris Coons (D-DE) announced that their bipartisan legislation named in honor of Otto Warmbier, the Otto Warmbier North Korea Censorship and Surveillance Act, passed the Senate by unanimous consent. This legislation, introduced last June and reported favorably out of the Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), Co-Chairs of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, hosted members of the Ukrainian Parliament so that they could brief members of the Caucus on the latest events regarding Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine and how the U.S. Senate can continue to better support our ally through military, economic and humanitarian assistance. Ukra  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced the Advancing Auto-Portability Act of 2022, a bill that would allow a worker's 401(k) savings account to be automatically rolled over from a previous employer to a new employer. The legislation would cut red tape to help Americans who change jobs frequently to increase retirement savings. "For too many Americans, the security of reti  more