WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) visited Wayne National Forest headquarters, where he met with staff to receive updates on the national forest and its operations, and to discuss his work in Congress to promote conservation and to protect our public lands and parks. Senator Portman highlighted his bipartisan REPLANT Act, enacted as part of his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) announced that he successfully secured $23,058,890 for local projects across Northeast Ohio in Fiscal Year 2023 funding bills recently advanced by the House Appropriations Committee. Funding included in the bills for these local projects is allocated within their respective agency program accounts and does not raise the overall spending level of the bill. The projects, along with the  more

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, July 8 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 7, 2022: Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) participated in a ride along with the Findlay post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Latta was able to see what State Troopers encounter on a daily basis in Ohio's Fifth Congressional District while they are on patrol. "This morning, I was able to see up-close the efforts that troopers make to keep our roadways and communities safe, said Latta. "Our m  more

DAYTON, Ohio, July 8 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on July 7, 2022: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) demanded that the Biden Administration provide the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) with all necessary information and proper documentation regarding the U.S. taxpayer-funded programs and operations in Afghanistan, both prior to and following the government's collapse. Congress created SIGAR in 2008 to p  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), Lead Republican of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence introduced the Preventing Terrorist Transfers to Afghanistan Act which would end the transfer of individuals who are associated with terrorist organizations to Afghanistan. This piece of legislation reaffirms a provision included in  more

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, July 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) met with local leaders and veterans to discuss saving the Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center (CVAMC), and launching his Strengthening the Chillicothe VA committee. The committee will work to ensure care from CVAMC continues to improve for Southeast Ohio veterans. The Chillicothe VA remaining open means an estimated 20,000 veterans will continue to receive local   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Federal Transit Administrator, Nuria Fernandez, and local transit leaders to discuss how the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) plans to use the record federal investment from the bipartisan infrastructure law to build innovative bus lines, reduce travel times and create jobs. "Transit is really all about the Dignity of Work. It creates jobs, it connects people with  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, posted the following joint news release on July 6, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and President Joe Biden joined retirees and their families from across Northeast Ohio to celebrate the pension relief Brown helped secure in the American Rescue Plan and announce the final rule issued by the Department of Labor that will save the pensions that 100,000 Ohioans earned. "After years of work by workers and retirees and small business owners  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the announcement that two Ohio airports are set to receive grants made available through the Airport Terminal Program. This grant program provides funding for terminal, on-airport rail access, and airport-owned airport traffic control tower projects. Thanks to the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Portman spearheaded and was signed into  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, posted the following joint news release and letter: U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) called on Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) to ensure proper committee process for the consideration of Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Susan Collins' (R-Maine) insulin proposal. In the letter, the Se  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, posted the following joint news release and letters: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) alongside Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) in pressing seven of the nation's largest banks regarding widespread fraud on Zelle, their online peer-to-peer money transfer program.   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, posted the following joint news release and letters on July 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) today were joined by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) in pressing seven of the nation's largest banks regarding wi  more