WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: Tonight on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) spoke in opposition to the Democrats' "Inflation Reduction Act" and highlighted the fact that it will actually make inflation worse and increase taxes on small businesses and working Americans. Senator Portman has long said adding more stimulus to the economy is a bad idea during record inflation, and will only increase costs for busines  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2022: Representatives Bob Latta (R-OH) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) launched the bipartisan Congressional Autonomous Vehicle Caucus. The purpose of this caucus is to educate Members and staff on autonomous vehicle technology that can improve the safety and accessibility of roadways. Representatives Latta and Dingell serve together on the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce on the House Ene  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent two letters asking for the continuing consideration of private equity's growing role in the insurance industry. In follow-up letters to Steven Seitz, Director of the Treasury Federal Insurance Office (FIO), and Dean Cameron, President of the National Association of Insurance (NAIC), Brown made clea  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2022: The U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a legislative package to fight inflation, lower prescription costs for seniors, invest in domestic energy production and manufacturing, and reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40 percent by 2030. The bill also takes historic steps to force Wall Street and corporations to pay their fair share - it makes a historic reduction to the deficit  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding Washington County, Ohio, a $1 million federal grant through the FY 2022 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. The RAISE grant program provides funding for surface transportation projects of local and regional significance. Previously, this program has been  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and a letter on April 6, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding the City of Cincinnati a $20 million federal grant through the FY 2022 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. The RAISE grant program provides funding for surface transportation projects of local and regional significance. Pr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding the Ohio Department of Transportation a $24 million federal grant through the FY 2022 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. The RAISE grant program provides funding for surface transportation projects of local and regional significance. Previously, this pr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and a letter on April 13, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding the City of Mansfield a $7 million federal grant through the FY 2022 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. The RAISE grant program provides funding for surface transportation projects of local and regional significance. Previ  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 8, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), Rick Scott (R-FL), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Rand Paul (R-KY), James Lankford (R-OK), Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), HSGAC C  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the committee, sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler expressing support for its proposed rules for private fund advisers. The rules would enhance transparency in the private fund market and protect investors from conflict  more