WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Yesterday, during a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs' Implementation of the SFC Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questioned Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials about their efforts to inform veterans of health care and disability benefits they will now be eligible for. Brown also pressed them on the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet introduced bicameral legislation along with U.S. Representatives Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) and Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) to support the holistic health of patients with both mental and physical health conditions. The Mental and Physical Health Care Comorbidities Act would authorize the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to support innovative and evidence-bas  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- 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 two Rural Business Development Grants totaling $503,848 to two organizations in Southwest Ohio. "Small businesses and rural communities face unique challenges and this federal funding will make the investments they need to bolster economic growth," said Brown. "We must ensure that rural communities in Southw  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) spoke on the Senate floor to honor the lives and careers of journalists killed while working and calling for accountability. "We have a better understanding of what is happening in the world today because of journalists. Our thoughts are with the families, the friends and the colleagues whose loved ones were killed in search of truth," said Brown o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letters: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors asking them to promptly take action after receiving no response from USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Inspector General Whitcomb Hull. Brown, after listening to Ohioans and consulting with law enforcement, sent DeJoy and Whitcomb Hull a letter on October 14 urging them to restore the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, has joined Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and several of their colleagues to introduce the Prevent Exposure to Narcotics and Toxins (PREVENT) Act, which will provide drug containment devices to frontline border patrol agents. The bipartisan legislation ensures law enforcement officers operating on the front line are protected from seco  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging passage on a cloture vote, or a motion to begin debate, on the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation to codify and protect the recognition of same-sex marriages in the United States. Senator Portman noted the importance of marriage as a foundational unit of society, and his belief that our laws should reflect  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Nov. 17, 2022: * * * U.S. Representative Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after Shell announced that the company's new ethylene/polyethylene petrochemical manufacturing complex in Monaca, Pennsylvania is online. "As we speak, ethane - a bi-product of natural gas production from right here in Eastern Ohio - is being transported by pipeline to the Shell facility in Monaca, PA to be tran  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed the ongoing crisis at the southern border at a hearing titled: "Threats to the Homeland." Senator Portman pressed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to acknowledge that t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, outlined the threats to our nation at a hearing titled: "Threats to the Homeland." Portman highlighted the ongoing crisis at the southern border and how this administration's failed border policies have led to a hi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about yesterday's alert from CISA and the FBI which stated that Iranian government-sponsored hackers had compromised federal agencies. In   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Representatives Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) and David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) reintroduced their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to address systematic injustices within the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC). The AOTC is the primary tax credit available to students seeking a higher education; however, students with a prior felony drug co  more