| U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Wednesday October 26, 2022 ( 5 items ) |
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Ahead of FOMC Meeting, Sen. Brown Reminds Chair Powell of Fed Mandate to Promote Maximum Employment
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter:
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Jerome Powell, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, to remind the Federal Reserve of its responsibility to maintain full employment. The letter makes clear that the Fed's fight against inflation must
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Brown Announces Pension Restoration For Bricklayers In Akron
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022:
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that workers and retirees in the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 7 Pension Plan based in Akron will have their retirement benefits 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 $32.7 million through a Special Financial Ass
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Brown Discusses How Pact Act Passage Will Expand VA Benefits To Veterans Exposed To Burn Pits
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- 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.
"This law is the most comprehensive expansion of benefits for veterans who faced toxic e
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Brown, Local Transit Leaders Discuss Record Federal Public Transit Investment
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined local transit leaders from the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) at their State of Metro Luncheon, to discuss how record federal investment from the bipartisan infrastructure law will be used to build innovative bus lines, reduce travel times and create jobs.
This infrastructure law included the most dramatic investment ever in public transit, and it
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Following Brown Testimony, Trade Commission Rules In Favor Of Ohio Steelworkers, Ohio Hot-Rolled Steel Industry
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release:
Following testimony by U.S Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in favor of American steel workers by recommending an extension of anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) to ensure U.S. Steel, Cleveland-Cliffs, Nucor, Steel Dynamics, SSAB, and their workers, get sufficient relief from the unfair trade practices of foreign competitors. Brown testified on beha
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