WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the evolving threat posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones. Portman expressed concern abou  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 13, 2022: At a press conference earlier today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined his fellow Senate Republicans in discussing the latest inflation numbers released this morning. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' report showed that the consumer price index rose at a 9.1 percent annual rate last month, the highest level of inflation since November 1981. Once again, Senator Portman pointed out that th  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Mr. Owen Herrnstadt to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. "I applaud Owen Herrnstadt's confirmation to the Board of Direct  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, received confirmation from government officials that the federal government is purchasing Chinese-made Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the e  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) to protect U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents from dangerous illicit drugs, like fentanyl: H.R. 5274, the Prevent Exposure to Narcotics and Toxics (PREVENT) Act. The PREVENT Act passed unanimously by a vote of 429 to 0. "The crisis at our southern border has explo  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, once again urged the Biden administration to secure the southern border, and reform the asylum process that acts as a pull factor to attract unlawful migrants to the United States. Portman presse  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: U.S. Congresswoman and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03) released the following statement expressing her support for the Active Shooter Alert Act. The bill, which passed the House on a 260-169 vote, will establish an AMBER alert style system to provide life-saving information during emergency situations involving active shooters. "Gun violence has spread like a plague throu  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after the House passed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act. The bill is named in honor of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson of Ohio who passed away from cancer in 2020 after being exposed to burn pits while deployed to Iraq. The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Pro  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement after voting in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The annual defense legislation sets priorities and policies for our armed services. The bill passed by a vote of 329 to 101. "The men and women of our armed forces deserve to have the resources they need in order to best protect and defend our country from increasingly dange  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) voted for the Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, a bipartisan federal bill that would provide healthcare and benefits to military veterans who were exposed to burn pits or other dangerous toxins in service to our country. The bill is named in honor of the late Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, an Ohio National Guardsman, who passed awa  more

WARREN, Ohio, July 15 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on July 14, 2022: * * * Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today issued the following statement in response to a paycheck backlog at MedStar in Warren that has denied local workers their paycheck: "I am deeply concerned to learn that local healthcare workers employed at MedStar in Warren have not received their paychecks that were due last Friday. "These workers put their own lives on the line every day to keep us safe   more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and John P. Parker Historical Society President Carol Stivers testified in support of Rep. Wenstrup's bill, the John P. Parker House Study Act (H.R. 6799). The bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study which will evaluate the feasibility of establishing the John P. Parker Historical House, located in Ripley, Ohio, as a unit of the Nati  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $90,000 grant to the Village of Bluffton to rebuild three taxilanes at Bluffton Airport. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in our state," Brown said. "This federal investment is great news for the region and will enhance safety   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $1,320,822 grant to Cambridge Municipal Airport to rebuild the existing main tarmac and rehabilitate a taxilane. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in our state," Brown said. "This federal investment is great news for the region   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $255,257 grant to Miami University Airport for sealing runway pavement surfaces. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in our state," Brown said. "This federal investment is great news for the region and will enhance safety and oper  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded two grants totaling $4,130,830 to the Columbus Regional Airport Authority to improve two airports in Columbus. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in our state," Brown said. "This federal investment is great news for the region and   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a $2,250,000 grant to the State of Ohio to fund a project designed to study the Ohio airport system and reevaluate Ohio's air transportation needs. "Ohio airports are vital infrastructure supporting travel and commerce in our state," Brown said. "These investments wi  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on July 14, 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 "Advancing National Security and Foreign Policy Through Export Controls: Oversight of the Bureau of Industry and Security. Sen. Brown's remarks, a  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: With unemployment fraud leaving taxpayers on the hook for roughly $163 billion, and only slightly more than $4 billion recovered, Senate Republicans, led by Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Rob Portman (R-Ohio) are introducing legislation to recover funds from unchec  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- 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), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, announced the introduction of the Chase COVID Unemployment Fraud Act to recover funds from fraudulent pandemic unemployment payments and provide  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- 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), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) have introduced S.J. Res. 55, a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), with all 48 of their Senate Republican colleagues to nullify the Biden administration  more