WASHINGTON, July 23 -- 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, urged his colleagues to support his amendment to include his bipartisan Safeguarding American Innovation Act, or SAIA, which passed the Senate last year on a bipartisan basis as a part of the CHI  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 22, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after being awarded the U.S. Army Engineer Regiment's Gold de Fleury Medal. This week, Rep. Kaptur was awarded the Gold de Fleury Medal for her "inspirational leadership to the Nation and United States Army Engineer Regiment." Presented to Rep. Kaptur by Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon, Chief of Engineers and Commanding  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: Too many Americans still work in dangerous conditions, putting their health and safety on the line every day to provide for their families. One frequent cause of workplace illness, injury, and even death is extreme heat. We've seen all too clearly the past few weeks how many communities can face extreme heat waves. Yet there is no national standard in place to protect workers from dangerous heat on the job. Th  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- 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, pressed David Pekoske, the nominee to serve as the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on the measures he is taking to ensure the safety of air travel in the United States after he admit  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) and U.S. Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-2) applauded the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources for advancing their legislation which will begin the process of incorporating the John P. Parker House and museum, an important stop on the Underground Railroad, into   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Finance Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy Subcommittee, Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Bob Casey (D-PA) urged the Social Security Administration (SSA) to incorporate children in ongoing outreach efforts to help families eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). "We share President Biden and SSA's priority to advance equity througho  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representatives Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Joyce Beatty (D-OH) applauded the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources for advancing their legislation which will begin the process of incorporating the John P. Parker House and museum, an important stop on the Underground Railroad, into the Na  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- 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 Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have introduced the bipartisan Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act to strengthen national security by preparing the federal government's defenses against quantum-computing-enabl  more