WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- 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 City of East Liverpool to replace water pipes in the city. Funding for this investment was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Brown helped to write and pass. "The Bipartisan Infrastr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- 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 an $800,000 grant to the Monroe County Port Authority for a broadband construction project, which will improve internet speed in the county. Funding for this investment was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $506,281 grant to The Ohio State University as part of the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program. Funding will be used to support low-income parents in postsecondary education by providing campus-based child care services. "Respecting the dignity of work means ensuring Ohioans of all backgrounds have sup  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded four grants totaling $1,480,259 to four institutions in Southwest Ohio. This funding is part of the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program and will be used to support low-income parents in postsecondary education by providing campus-based child care services. "Respecting the dignity of work means ensuring O  more

CHARDON, Ohio, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable with local veterans, including veterans who have been harmed by exposure to toxic burn pits, to discuss the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022 that was recently signed into law by President Biden. The legislation is named after Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, a Central Ohio vet  more

GENEVA, Ohio, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable discussion with local wine producers at Hundley Cellar in Geneva to learn what priorities they have for the 2023 Farm Bill and discuss how to support agricultural businesses and tourism. Brown, the first Ohioan to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee in nearly 50 years, will help write the upcoming Farm Bill. "When we support Ohio wineries and brewer  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 4, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on the Biden administration to address the failures outlined in two Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports detailing how the administration did not t  more