WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that more than 1,600 workers and retirees in the Sheet Metal Workers Local Pension Plan based in Massillon will have the retirement benefits they earned restored in full, thanks to Brown's Butch Lewis Act. The United States Department of Labor (DOL), through the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), has approved $28.8 million through a Specia  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, issued the below statement following the announcement of the largest annual increase to Social Security benefits in 40 years. "Today's announcement is welcome news to seniors in Ohio and across the country who have spent a lifetime paying into Social Securit  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) - Member of the House Agriculture Committee - announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $50 million to expand the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has launched a $50 million expansion (https://www.fns.usda.gov/sfmnp/sfmnp-implementation-american-rescue-plan-act) of the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement applauding the 8.7 percent increase to Social Security benefits and calling for passage of the Social Security 2100 Act. "Millions of seniors across Ohio will soon receive a big boost to their Social Security checks," said Rep. Kaptur. "With an average increase of $140 a month, we're putting real money in seniors' pockets that will go a long   more

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: As a senior Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a member of the Energy Subcommittee, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) recently made an energy-focused visit to Nevada to see American investments in the domestic critical minerals supply chain and hydroelectric power. The trip included visits to Albemarle's Silver Peak lithium site, Ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project, and the   more

WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: This week, Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) led a bipartisan letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The letter urges inclusion of the House-passed Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial bill, H.R. 7618, in any must-pass legislation before the end of the curre  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Republican Whip and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Ranking Member Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are pressing Dr. Anthony Fauci about the National Institute for Allergy  more