WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 18, 2022: * * * House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today wrote to District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bows  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $250,000 grant to the Village of East Palestine in Columbiana County for a waterline replacement project. Funding for this investment was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Brown helped to write and pass. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is already g  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Aug. 2, 2022, entitled "The Rent Eats First: How Renters and Communities are Impacted by Today's Housing Market": * * * Yesterday was the first of the month. For millions of Americans, that means the rent was due. And for many renters, that rent keeps going up and up. Two weeks ago in this Committee, we heard from witne  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Joe Flarida, executive director of Power A Clean Future Ohio, involving a hybrid hearing on Aug. 4, 2022, entitled "Borrowed Time: The Economic Costs of Climate Change": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify on this most important issue: The Economic Costs of Climate Change. My name is Joe Flarida and I serve as the Executive Director of Power A Clean Future Ohio. In a mome  more