WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: U.S. Representatives Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) and David Trone (MD-06) introduced a revised version of the Fair Warning Act to strengthen worker protections. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced companion bill legislation in the Senate. The legislation amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act to provide workers with fair, advanced notice from   more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on June 17, 2022: This month, we celebrated Flag Day. In a few weeks, Ohioans and Americans across the country will celebrate Independence Day, often with parades and visits to monuments and memorials, where they'll proudly wave American flags. But right now, the flags flying at military installations and other government offices often don't reflect the values that our veterans sacrificed so much for. Today, the  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) delivered remarks hailing the unanimous Senate passage of bipartisan legislation, the Otto Warmbier North Korea Censorship and Surveillance Act. The legislation provides $10 million annually for the next five years to counter North Korea's repressive censorship and surveillance state, while also encouraging sanctions on those who enable this r  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined his Senate colleagues in urging for protection of a key U.S. military and diplomatic post in the Middle East. The bipartisan group of 32 senators sent a letter to the Biden administration, calling for them to maintain the United States Security Coordinator (USSC) position at the three-star rank in the face of reported plans to downgrade it to a non-general or fla  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to move forward with strong, mandatory climate disclosure rules requiring public companies to disclose standardized information about their greenhouse gas pollution and  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: This week, to honor the 34th anniversary of U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum's (D-OH) introduction of the WARN Act, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced a revised version of the Fair Warning Act. The senators' legislation updates the law that the WARN Act established, by holding employe  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, June 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and a Dartmouth College alumnus, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), chair of the SFRC Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation, and a member of the bipartisan Ukraine Caucus, participated in a  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) submitted a comment letter on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) mandatory climate disclosure rule, highlighting several areas for improvement and key elements that the SEC should preserve in its final rule. In addition to Schatz, Whitehouse, and Warren the comment letter was signed   more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in introducing a resolution expressing support for the designation of June 19, 2022 as "World Sickle Cell Awareness Day" to increase public awareness about sickle cell disease and the continued need for research, early detection, and effective treatments that lead to a cure. The resolution was also cosponsored by Senators Sherrod   more