WASHINGTON, July 27 -- 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, released a new report detailing China's malign efforts to target, influence, and undermine the U.S. Federal Reserve. Based on a Federal Reserve counterintelligence analysis and unheeded FBI recommendations to change   more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Senator Portman joined Bloomberg TV today to discuss whether certain trade policies could help lower the high level of inflation the country is experiencing. Portman suggested policies that could be helpful, such as keeping Trump-era tariffs in place for countries, like China, that are not playing by the rules and completing important trade agreements that are very closed to being done, includin  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- 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, asked for unanimous consent from his colleagues to include his amendment of provisions from his bipartisan Safeguarding American Innovation Act, or SAIA, which passed the Senate last year on a bi  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that his bill, the "Susan Muffley Act of 2022", is scheduled for a vote in the House on Wednesday. This bill restores pensions of Delphi Salaried Retirees (DSR) that were terminated following General Motors' bankruptcy in 2009. Turner introduced the bipartisan legislation in March 2022 alongside Representative Dan Kildee (MI-5). "Restoring the pensio  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Lead Republican of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and fellow Republican HPSCI members are demanding transparency from Secretaries of Defense and State to investigators and the American people regarding the rapid fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban. On August 15, 2021, Kabul, Afgh  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner: * * * The mummified Build Back Better plan has arisen from the dead. If Democrats have their way, the federal government will get to mandate drug prices, and the public will have less access to cures and future medical innovations. If the Ghost of Build Back Better Past somehow gets enacted into law by Congress, expect to be unable to access innovative treatments. Patients who need t  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, a Republican member on the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: As Senate Democrats make their final push for a socialist prescription drug pricing legislation that endangers new treatments and cures, Republican on the Ways and Means Committee Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) warned in an op-ed for the Washington Examiner that fewer drugs will come to market if the Democrats' framework becomes law. Republicans have a be  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $900,000 grant to the Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority in Columbus to administer a revolving loan fund that will serve small businesses. The EDA investment will be matched with $540,000 in local funds and is expected to create 40 jobs, retain 80 jobs and generate $400,  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $218,477 grant to Ohio University to fund research on the internal structure of protons and neutrons. The project also aims to train the next generation of scientists, to raise the profile of minority scientists, and to engage the public through STEM education for high school students. "Research in science and  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $249,955 grant to the University of Toledo to fund research investigating the effect of different levels of gravity on cells and organs. The project has a goal of helping drug development efforts as well as future projects at the International Space Station. "Research in science and technology is critical to c  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded six grants totaling $1,954,009 to The Ohio State University to fund critical scientific research projects and to increase participation in STEM fields. "Research in science and technology is critical to creating jobs and improving our economy. We unleash more American innovation when everyone is able to particip  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $758,583 grant to the University of Cincinnati to fund research on the development of organs and bone structures. "Research in science and technology is critical to creating jobs and improving our economy. We unleash more American innovation when everyone is able to participate and we nurture all Ohio talent,"  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded six grants totaling $888,154 to three universities in Northeast Ohio to fund critical scientific research projects and to increase participation in STEM fields. "Research in science and technology is critical for creating jobs and improving our economy. We unleash more American innovation when everyone is able t  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, along with Sens. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Alex Padilla  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on July 12, 2022, entitled "Advancing Public Transportation under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Update from the Federal Transit Administration": * * * Last Thursday, I invited our witness, FTA Administrator Nuria Fernandez, to Columbus to see the excitement in the community as they plan to build one of the best bus rapid transi  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- 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) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the bipartisan IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act to enhance the Department of Homeland Security's ability combat human trafficking. The legislation would make permanent and expand  more