WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grants program has awarded a $100,000 grant to Harrison County to fund the construction of a new justice center. The justice center will house the county's sheriff's office. "Rural communities face unique challenges, and this investment will help maintain public safety in Harri  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- 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) Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grants program has awarded a $52,000 loan and a $50,000 grant to the Village of Felicity in Clermont County to purchase a dump truck for road and facility maintenance. "Small rural communities face unique challenges, and this federal funding will make the investments they need to i  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- 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) Rural Business Development Grants Program has awarded three grants totaling $260,337 to organizations in Central Ohio to provide technical assistance and training for small, rural businesses. "Rural communities have been overlooked for too long. If we want to promote economic development throughout Ohio, we need to ens  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- 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 National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a $3,773,807 grant to The Ohio State University (OSU) to support research on growing specialty crops in controlled environments at its Wooster campus. "We know how important farming is to our state - 1 in 7 Ohioans depend on agriculture for their jobs," said Brown.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- 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) Rural Business Development Grants Program has awarded three grants totaling $363,642 to three organizations in Northwest Ohio to provide technical assistance and support for rural business development. "Rural communities have been overlooked for too long. If we want to promote economic development throughout Ohio, we n  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- 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) Rural Business Development Grants Program has awarded a $28,800 grant to Grow Highland County, an economic-development program designed to foster entrepreneurship and small business growth. "Rural communities have been overlooked for too long. If we want to promote economic development throughout Ohio, we need to ensur  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined regional transportation and elected officials at the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency's (NOACA) annual meeting and symposium to discuss the investments Northeast Ohio, and the state overall, will receive from funding in the bipartisan infrastructure law. "One of our big focuses over the next year is going to be making sure Ohio communities get their fair  more

MEDINA, Ohio, Oct. 8 -- 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 vete  more

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: During Ohio Nonviolence Week, Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) and Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) reintroduced legislation to recognize National Nonviolence Week. The resolution highlights the Sojourn to the Past Program which brings middle and high school students to the American Deep South and Washington, D.C. to learn about the Modern Civil Rights movement and America's struggles for Liberty. This resolu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) released the following statement after introducing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act. "Families should never have to choose between caring for a sick child and putting food on the table. By improving the SNAP Excess Medical Expense Deduction to give a helping hand to households with a child suffering from a chronic me  more

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) issued the following statement about President Biden's historic Marijuana Reform announcement: "It is long overdue that America address imprisonment for non-violent crimes like using or possessing marijuana - criminalization that has devastated generations of Black and brown families. It is time to right these injustices," said Rep. Brown. "I applaud President Bi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022: Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) introduced the Stop Our Scourge Act of 2022 to designate illicit fentanyl entering the United States from foreign countries as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD.) Fentanyl has become the number one cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 45, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC.) U.S. Cust  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- 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) Rural Business Development Grants Program has awarded four grants totaling $387,221 to organizations in Southeast Ohio to provide technical assistance and training for small, rural businesses. "Rural communities have been overlooked for too long. If we want to promote economic development throughout Ohio, we need to en  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on Sept. 22, 2022, entitled "Annual Oversight of the Nation's Largest Banks": * * * For too long, everyone called this committee Senate Banking - because it always delivered for Wall Street. We changed that, at the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. We put the Main Street economy - and the workers who power it - a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on Sept. 20, 2022, entitled "Tightening the Screws on Russia: Smart Sanctions, Economic Statecraft and Next Steps": * * * The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will come to order. Today's hearing is in a hybrid format. Our witnesses are in-person, but Members have the option to appear either in-person or virtually. V  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 10 a.m. on Oct. 12, 2022, at 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses Panel I * Anthony Devos Johnstone, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Panel II * Daniel J. Calabretta, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California * Matthew L. Garcia, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico * Jeffery Paul Hopk  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022, and letter: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined today by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in urging the Biden administration to support international efforts to investigate Kazakh security forces' violent response towards civilian protestors, bystander  more