WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2022: * * * As new data from the Census Bureau showed that child poverty dropped to a record low in 2021 in large part as a result of the expanded Child Tax Credit, U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) alongside U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), released the following stateme  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- 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 four grants totaling $1,887,744 to two institutions in Southwest Ohio to fund critical scientific research projects and to increase participation in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. "Scientific research is critical for creating jobs and improving our economy. We unleash more American in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- 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 $325,645 grant to the Guernsey County Community Development Corporation (CDC) for its Workforce Development program. Funding for this investment was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Brown helped to write and pass. "Rural communities have been overlo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- 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 five grants totaling $1,476,538 to five institutions in Northeast Ohio to fund critical scientific research projects and to increase participation in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. "Scientific research is critical for creating jobs and improving our economy. We unleash more American in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- 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 two grants totaling $846,234 to The Ohio State University to fund critical scientific research projects and to increase participation in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. "Scientific research is critical for creating jobs and improving our economy. We unleash more American innovation when  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2022: * * * As new data from the U.S. Census Bureau showed that child poverty dropped to a record low in 2021 in large part as a result of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC), U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) and U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), and Ritchie Torres (D-NY), released the following statement. "Today's Cens  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled "New Consumer Financial Products and the Impacts to Workers." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: Hard work should pay off   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement today after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the consumer price index (CPI) for August was 8.3 percent, which is higher than expected. "American families are hurting as inflation remains close to its highest level in nearly 40 years, the economy contracts, and wages lag," sa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2022: * * * As new data from the Census Bureau showed that child poverty dropped to a record low in 2021 in large part as a result of the expanded Child Tax Credit, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), alongside U.S. Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), released the following stateme  more