WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Caucus Co-Chairs (Bill Johnson and Danny Davis) Statement on the Resignation of Sri Lanka's President. As Co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Ethnic and Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka, we have been closely monitoring the fiscal crisis and ongoing post-civil war transition in Sri Lanka, the resulting protests, and resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. "We are hopeful that a fair and democratic  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 18, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) met with officials from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to discuss how the airport and the region will benefit from the funding in Portman's bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The bipartisan infrastructure law, which was signed into law last November, provides $25 billion in new spending for airports. Ohio's airports h  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 15 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, 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, Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), along with their fellow Senate Republicans, are introducing legislation to recover funds from unchecked unemployment fraud and provide incentives for States to recover fraudulent p  more

DELAWARE, Ohio, July 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable discussion with veterans and advocates about the Delaware County Veterans Treatment Court, also called the Mission Court. "Too many Ohio veterans are in our criminal justice system for underlying mental and physical health reasons. It's why specialized dockets for veterans, like the one created here in Delaware County, matter, and can make a real differen  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on July 18, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and 43 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman urging the SBA to process COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications that were received prior to  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing that with three months left in the fiscal year, 2022 has already broken the record for the highest nu  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Robert Portman (R-Ohio), and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, asking them to immediately expedite shipments of military equipment to Ukraine as appropriated by Congress under the A  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 18, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) - members of the Senate Hunger Caucus - today introduced a resolution expressing their commitment to build on 20 successful years of the George McGovern-Robert Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Since its establishment in 2002, the George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Education  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on July 18, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) - members of the Senate Hunger Caucus - today introduced a resolution expressing their commitment to build on 20 successful years of the George McGovern-Robert Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Since its establishment in 2002, the George McGovern-Robert Dole International Food for Edu  more