WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- 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 (USDA) has awarded a $1,058,928 Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) grant to R&C Packing, Inc. in Bidwell. The investment will help R&C Packing, Inc. meet the needs of local consumers and increase industry standards by building a new custom livestock and butcher processing facility for operations. "If we're se  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Cleveland Department of Health would receive $500,000 to expand Cleveland's air monitoring network. "To adequately address decades of health and environmental injustice, we must work toward ensuring underserved communities receive funding to address poor air quality," said Rep. Brown. "I  more

KYIV, Ukraine, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2022: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) issued the following statement today after traveling to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, and other Ukrainian officials. The Senators also toured the headquarters of Ukrainian energy company Ukrenergo, which was damaged in an attack by Russian  more

KYIV, Ukraine, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Nov. 3, 2022: * * * U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Coons (D-DE) issued the following statement today after traveling to Ukraine to meet with President Zelenskyy, Foreign Minister Kuleba, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, and other Ukrainian officials. The senators also toured the headquarters of the Ukrainian energy company Ukrenergo, which was damaged in an attack by Russian forces. "We are here   more