WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a $2.5 million grant, over the next five years, to Ohio University to support the university's efforts working with community organizations involved in the ongoing clean up at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon. "Ohio University is one of Ohio's great universities," said Brown. "This award wi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded a $1,847,399 grant to the Kettering Medical Center. The funds will support Kettering's Community Health Worker Training Program to help grow the public health workforce in the Kettering area. "Communities across Ohio have stepped up to meet the challenges of this pandemic, and our public health   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants program has awarded a $4,053,000 loan to the Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District. "This investment will help improve access to clean water for several areas of Licking County," Brown said. "We must ensure that Ohio communities have the resources they need to gr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded a $2,996,917 grant to The MetroHealth System in Cleveland and a $1,476,149 grant to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland. The funds will support MetroHealth's Community Health Worker Training Program and CWRU's Public Health Scholarship Program, to help grow the public health workf  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Susan Muffley Act as an amendment to the Senate's FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This legislation would restore retirement benefits to tens of thousands of Delphi salaried retirees, including thousands of retirees in Ohio. "Retired Delphi salaried workers lost the retirement they earned, after their company went bankrupt  more

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited Silfex Inc. to discuss how the recently passed CHIPS Act will support Ohio manufacturers, the companies they work with, and will position Ohio to lead in the semiconductor industry. Because of the CHIPS Act, companies like Silfex are poised to continue their growth in Ohio. "America invented the semiconductor. Yet today, 90 percent of them are ma  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the City of Wheeling will receive $500,000 to support its efforts to reopen the Ohio Valley Medical Center (OVMC) hospital and health complex. The funding is made possible by a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request secured  more

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) announced a $399,084 grant to assist the Rape Crisis Center of Summit & Medina Counties in ending the criminalization of minor victims of sex trafficking and developing, expanding, and strengthening victim service programs. This grant comes from the Field-Generated Strategies to Address the Criminalization of Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking program within the Department of Justice. "I  more

JACKSON CENTER, Ohio, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) visited Airstream, manufacturer of the iconic "silver bullet" travel trailer, and the longest-tenured recreational vehicle manufacturer in the world, at its headquarters in Jackson Center. During the visit, Senator Portman received a tour of the company's recently expanded factory floor and new Heritage Center Museum. After the tour, Senator Portman led a roundtable disc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Marietta), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries+ (OPEC+) announced it would cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day. "Today, wealthy global elites who don't like us very much decided to inflict more pain on hardworking Americans. But President Biden and his Admini  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022, and letter: Yesterday, Representative Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) led a group of 27 Members of Congress, urging House and Senate leaders to take action to prevent detrimental cuts to Medicare scheduled to go into effect soon. To bring attention to this matter, Rep. Brown penned a letter asking Congress to address the looming cuts, which will have a negative financial impact on healthcare systems a  more