WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: This week, President Biden signed the Solid Start Act, bipartisan legislation introduced in the House by Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) and Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (MI-08), into law. The bill, which was introduced in the Senate by Senator Maggie Hassan (NH), makes permanent the Solid Start pilot program, which contacts every veteran three times by phone in the first year after they leave active duty to conne  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has provided $3,911,141 in loan relief to Ohio farmers who had fallen behind on their USDA administered loans. The relief comes from funding in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which Brown helped to write and pass. "We know how important farming is to our state - 1 in 7 Ohioans depend on agriculture for their jobs, and Ohi  more

OTTAWA, Ohio, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable with local veterans 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. "This law is the most comprehensive expansion of benefits for veterans who faced toxic exposure in our country's history," said Brown. "This is a cost of going  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (TNSawa) -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for domestic battery component and manufacturing supply chains by awarding Cirba Solutions' North America Manufacturing and Distribution Plant in Lancaster, Ohio, $75 million as part of an expansion plan to upgrade the existing lithium-ion battery recycling facility to produce battery-grade raw ma  more