WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: During a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Committee hearing titled, "Farm Bill 2023: Research Programs," U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questioned U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Undersecretary for Research, Education, and Economics and Chief Scientist, Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young on USDA's investments in research, innovation, and education. Brown shared the concerns brought to him by the Ohio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the Senate Judiciary Committee's bipartisan vote to advance Judge Jeffery P. Hopkins' nomination to serve as a U.S. Federal District Court Judge for the Southern District of Ohio and urged his quick consideration by the full Senate. Brown and Portman recommended Judge Hopkins to the President for nomination. Hopkins received strong bipartisan s  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08) issued the following statement after being elected to serve on the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, representing Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. This will be Cartwright's fourth consecutive, two-year term on the influential committee that shapes and implements the party's agenda, advises the Caucus on important issues, and assigns mem  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) applauded the House passage of their Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2022, legislation that will reauthorize current research and improve public health programs for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss in newborns, infants, and young children for five additional years. Senator Portman led the effort to g  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representative Dan Bishop (R-NC) and Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH), alongside House Judiciary Committee Members Congressmen Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), and Cliff Bentz (R-OR), sent a letter to leaders of Climate Action 100+ requesting key documents surrounding the use of Environmental, Social, and   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, along with Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), introduced the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act, legislation to require companies that own an industrial loan company (ILC) to be subject to the same rules and consumer protect  more