WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $125,000 grant to the Hamilton County General Health District to address social determinants of health (SDOH), which are non-medical factors that affect overall health including safe housing, reliable transportation, and job opportunities. This award is part of the CDC's Closing the Gap with Social Determinan  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded a Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) grant totaling $3,977,869 to Cuyahoga County. The grant will support the development of community programs to prevent and end youth homelessness. "Too many young Ohioans don't have a safe, stable place to call home. These funds will help prov  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) toured generic medicine manufacturer Hikma Pharmaceuticals' facility in Columbus and discussed his efforts to shore up a domestic supply of pharmaceutical products in the U.S. Right now, the United States depends on other countries for the majority of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) used in prescription drugs. "The pandemic revealed gaping holes and vulnerabilities  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) released the following statement Monday in response to the second report from the United Nations Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the human rights implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the first to be submitted to the UN General Assembly: "This report from the Commission of Inquiry is as unsurpris  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) released the following statement in response to the second report from the United Nations Human Rights Council's Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the human rights implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the first to be submitted to the UN General Assembly: "This report from the Commission of Inquiry is as unsurprising as it is disto  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $125,000 grant to the Erie County Health Department to address social determinants of health (SDOH), which are non-medical factors that affect overall health including safe housing, reliable transportation, and job opportunities. This award is part of the CDC's Closing the Gap with Social Determinants of Heal  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Oct. 24, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing that 2022 was the worst year at the border on record, with 2.4 million border encoun  more