WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Appropriators underscoring that Congress must fully fund the CHIPS and Science Act in the Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations Bill to ensure U.S. global economic and technological leadership. "CHIPS and Science marks a significant bipartisan commitment to  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) pressed Amazon on workplace safety issues ahead of the holiday sales season. The letter comes after continued disturbing reports of dangerous workplace conditions at Amazon facilities throughout the country. Amazon has declined to provide information about the frequency of deaths and injuries at their fulfillment centers, but in 2019 multipl  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2022: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Angus King (I-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure students are not forced to choose between housing or pursuing an education. The Housing for Homeless Students Act would update current law to ensure students, including veterans, who have experienced homelessness or are currently homeless, can access affordable housing whil  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Angus King (I-ME), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure students are not forced to choose between housing or pursuing an education. The Housing for Homeless Students Act would update current law to ensure students, including veterans, who have experienced homelessness or are currently homeless, can access affordable housing w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on Nov. 23, 2022: * * * Protecting Ohioans' Hard Earned Pensions For so many Ohioans, giving up dollars at the bargaining table now in exchange for contributions to a pension fund, and the promise of a secure retirement in the future, has been the reality for many years. So when those pensions were threatened, and retirees and workers were facing cuts to their retirement benefits that they had earned, we never  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2022, at 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 1. Lynne M. Tracy The Honorable Lynne M. Tracy, of Ohio, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Russian Federation Panel 2 1. Julie D. Fisher The Honorable Julie D. Fisher,  more