WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after legislation she cosponsored - the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act - was signed into law by President Biden. "As the only Ohioan on the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, I am committed to using this office to help the men and women who served our nation  more

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2022: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) is announcing that school meal programs, as well as child and adult day care providers in Ohio, will receive an estimated $78,810,000 in additional federal funding this upcoming school year through the Keep Kids Fed Act, a bill passed in June and supported by Congressman Ryan. This bill will ensure that schools can continue providing meals for students despite on  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Transportation's (DOT) has awarded a $1,493,313 Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grant and a $338,600 Enhanced Mobility Innovation (EMI) grant for NEORide. Both grants will support NEORide's efforts to develop a multi-agency mobility system and call center, to improve service for Ohioans. "Ohioans  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- 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 (DOT) has awarded a $2,393,600 grant to the Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA) to purchase zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and construct an on-site hydrogen production facility. Funding for this investment was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Brown  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- 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 (DOT) has awarded a $26,714,004 grant to the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) to replace diesel buses with zero-emission battery electric buses and invest in charging infrastructure. Funding for this investment was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Brown helped to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 10, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement applauding the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) announcement that it would require mortgage lenders and servicers to transmit fair lending information, including a borrower's lan  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Bipartisan legislation supported by U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) to deliver toxic-exposed veterans their earned health care and benefits under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was signed into law by President Biden. The SFC Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act bill is named in honor of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, a central Ohio veteran who was deployed  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following opening statement by Dan Caudill, partner and chief operating officer at Caudill Seed Co., involving a hearing on July 27, 2022, entitled "A New Start: Opportunities and Barriers to Entrepreneurship for Returning Citizens and Justice Impacted Individuals": * * * Caudill Seed Company was established in 1947 by Forrest Caudill and is a diversified production company, marketing agricultural, recla  more