WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letters: President Biden signed the Keep Kids Fed Act, legislation that U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) has long advocated to implement. The bill will allow schools the flexibility they need to continue providing students access to healthy meals this summer, and provide schools increased funding to respond to supply-chain challenges and high food costs in the coming school year. "Ohio families now have t  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 29, 2022: Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) questioned two witnesses, Ben Lieberman, Senior Fellow, Center for Energy and Environment Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Lucian Pugliaresi, President, Energy Policy Research Foundation during last week's House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy hearing: "Right in the middle of this preventable -- and in my opinion intentional -- energy crisis...fiv  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congressman John Moolenaar offered an amendment that would prohibit the State Department from using taxpayer funding to stop the flow of energy through the Line 5 pipeline. Moolenaar offered the amendment during the House Appropriations Committee's annual debate on funding for the State Department in the next federal budget. The amendment was supported by all the Republicans on the committee, as well as   more

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined veterans and families who have been harmed by exposure to toxic burn pits to discuss legislation that recently passed the Senate that aims to help these veterans and their families. The SFC Heath Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022 is expected to pass the House soon and be signed into law. "This bill is the most comprehensive expansion of benefits for veterans who  more

SHERWOOD, Ohio, June 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited and presented certificates to sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students at the final day of a Defiance County summer manufacturing camp his office helped organize, focused on food manufacturing and agribusiness. The camp offered students a chance to learn about careers in their communities, tour local manufacturing facilities, and learn from experts. "We came up w  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- 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, have introduced the bipartisan Offices of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction and Health Security Act to significantly enhance the federal government's ability to detect, recog  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC), along with SVAC Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Rob Portman (R-Oh  more