DAYTON, Ohio, July 6 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 5, 2022: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that his bill, the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment (MAT) Act, which allows physicians to prescribe buprenorphine without first obtaining a waiver, passed the House, 402 to 20, Wednesday, June 22. Under current law, practitioners are required to obtain a waiver from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe buprenorphine as a treatment for op  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $1.5 million in congressionally directed spending (CDS) from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to the Nord Center in Lorain County to help support construction of the new Lorain County Crisis Receiving Center. The project will expand the county's capacity to provide inpatient deto  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the United States' commitment to rebuilding Ukraine after the impacts of Putin's war. "Russia's brutal and unjust war against Ukraine has caused horrible destruction and devastation to cities and towns all over the country, while also crippling Ukraine's econom  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Kurt Russell, a history teacher at Oberlin High School, involving a hearing on June 22, 2022, entitled "Supporting Students and Schools: Promising Practices to Get Back on Track". Russell is also the 2022 National Teacher of the Year. * * * My name is Kurt Russell. I have been a high school history teacher at Oberlin High School in Oberlin, Ohio for 25 years and am proud to repre  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on June 22, 2022, entitled "Examining FEMA's Strategic Priorities and Disaster Preparedness". The FEMA is the Federal Emergency Management Agency. * * * Thank you, Chairman Peters. Welcome, Administrator Criswell. We appreciate you being here today for your first oversight hearing since you were confirmed last A  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on June 23, 2022, entitled "Putting People First: Building Trust in Government Through Customer Experience": * * * I'm glad we're having this hearing on the bipartisan issue of customer experience with government. In this committee we hear the phrase "good government" a lot, commonly in the context of accountabili  more