WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: Representative Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) released the following statement after President Biden's announcement on studentloanreliefforthosewhoneeditmost: "President Biden realized another promise today that will bring student debt relief to millions of Americans, including the nearly 1.8 million people in Ohio burdened by studentloans," said Rep. Brown. "Collectively, Ohioans owe $62 billion i  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced Put-in-Bay would receive $700,000 in federal funding through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for a coastal resilience and shoreline restoration project. Today, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NWF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Put-in-Bay $700,000 through the bipartisan Infras  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) - Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development - released the following statement on First Solar's $185 million expansion in Northwest Ohio. "I am leading the fight for American energy manufacturing and an all of the above energy strategy to bring good-paying jobs and economic growth to our region," said Rep. Kaptur. "America's energy future  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today introduced the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 8752). Th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after she and Representative Shontel Brown (OH-11) introduced the Farmers Market and Food Bank Local Revitalization Act. Supported by Ohio farmers, service organizations, and food banks, the Farmers Market and Food Bank Local Revitalization Act would improve and expand two long-standing federal programs that connect seniors a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after she and Representative Shontel Brown (OH-11) introduced the Farmers Market and Food Bank Local Revitalization Act. Supported by Ohio farmers, service organizations, and food banks, the Farmers Market and Food Bank Local Revitalization Act would improve and expand two long-standing federal programs that connect seniors   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development office has awarded 13 Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Grants, and one Community Facility Disaster Grant totaling $245,000 to communities across Ohio. "We must ensure that communities across Ohio have the resources they need to grow local economi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2022: First Solar Energy announced a $185 million investment to expand its manufacturing facilities in Wood County, made possible by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) work to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Brown has long been a leader in the Senate pushing to ensure technologies of the future are made in Ohio and across the country. This is part of a $1.2 billion investment to scale pro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the following statements as they concluded a trip to Ukraine where they met with senior Ukrainian leaders, including an hour-long meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, to receive a firsthand account of Russia's   more