WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- 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 Development office has awarded two Community Facilities Emergency Rural Health Care (ERHC) grants totaling $1,070,696 to two organizations in Central Ohio. These grants will help rural health care facilities and communities expand access to health care services and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds we  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- 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 Development office has awarded two Community Facilities Emergency Rural Health Care (ERHC) grants totaling $1,003,535 to two organizations in Northwest Ohio. These grants will help rural health care facilities and communities expand access to health care services and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds   more

WARREN, Ohio, Oct. 15 -- 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

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to United States Post Office Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Inspector General Whitcomb Hull urging them to restore the patrolling functions of Postal Police Officers (PPO) and take necessary steps to address the increase in mail theft and postal robberies to help keep mail carriers and Ohioans safe. "Postal robberies and mail theft are federal cri  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: The rest of the world is finally recognizing what the people of Ohio already know - Ohio workers are the future of the auto industry. Honda saw that future when they decided to build a new battery plant in Fayette County and retool three other Ohio plants for electric vehicle production. This historic investment is part of the work we are doing to create an economy that puts American jobs, American production,  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis issued the following testimony by Samantha Sloan, vice president of global policy at First Solar, involving a hearing on Sept. 29, 2022, entitled "A Big Climate Deal: Lowering Costs, Creating Jobs, and Reducing Pollution With the Inflation Reduction Act": * * * Good afternoon Chair Castor, Ranking Member Graves, and distinguished members of the Committee. My name is Samantha Sloan, and I am the Vice President of Global Pol  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2022, and letter: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today are pressing Acting Archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall about the possibility of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) being p  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- 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 Development office has awarded three Community Facilities Emergency Rural Health Care (ERHC) grants totaling $1,417,459 to three organizations in Northeast Ohio. These grants will help rural health care facilities and communities expand access to health care services and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The fu  more

GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ohio, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, spoke to leaders and advocates about expanding equitable access to safe, affordable housing at the Northeast Ohio Housing Conference. "We need to preserve affordable homes, so that more families have the opportunity to buy a home with stable, affordable payments and build generational  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 14, 2022: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after the Federal Reserve announced its approval of the U.S. Bank-MUFG merger. "I have long raised concerns about megabank mergers and consolidation. "They increase risks to our  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after the Federal Reserve announced its approval of the U.S. Bank-MUFG merger. "I have long raised concerns about megabank mergers and consolidation. They increase risks to our financial system, decrease competition, and lead to branch closures, which can hurt consumer  more