WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.), and Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) -- a group often referred to as the 'CTC Six' -- joined families and advocates from the Economic Security Project Action, Community Change Action, and MomsRising to urge Congress to restore the expanded, enhanced Child Tax   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), advocates, and several Senate and House colleagues hosted a press conference to discuss the need to expand the Child Tax Credit (CTC) before the end of the year. Ninety-two percent of Ohio's families with children saw more money in their pockets as a result of the expanded CTC, and according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the expanded CTC, part of the American Rescue Plan, cut ch  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $195,657 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) Program for the Wheeling Housing Authority in West Virginia. The funding will help provide job training opportunities   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded the committee's passage of their resolution recognizing Russian actions in Ukraine as genocide. The resolution was also cosponsored by Senators Roger Wick  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) - Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force - announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation have awarded $500,000 in federal funding to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative for projects focused on coastal resilience and shoreline restoration. This week, the National Oceanic and Atmo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $195,657 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) Program for the Wheeling Housing Authority in West Virginia. The funding will help provide job training opportunities and adult education   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) praised the announcement from the National Parks Service (NPS) that it was designating 18 new communities across the United States, including Montgomery County, Ohio, as American World War II Heritage Cities. The American World War II Heritage Cities Program honors the contributions of local towns, cities, counties , and their citizens who stepped into the workforce to support Amer  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizes $800 million in funding through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which he wrote into law in 2015. This is an increase from the $300 million included in last year's NDAA and the President's budget request, and it is intended to supplement anticipated USAI funding provided   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Chris Coons (D-DE) announced that their bipartisan legislation named in honor of Otto Warmbier, the Otto Warmbier Countering North Korea Censorship and Surveillance Act, has been included in the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This legislation, a modified version of the legislation that passed the Senate in June of this y  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statements after the successful inclusion of their bipartisan legislation in the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to increase global cooperation in the fight against synthetic drug trafficking. The NDAA is annual legislation that authorizes defen  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) introduced the HELP Extension Act of 2022 to extend the HOPE (Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement)-HELP (Haiti Economic Lift Program) trade preferences for 10 years. HOPE-HELP works in conjunction with the broader trade preferences system known as the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) to incentivize greater trade and cooperation with Haiti. "Our   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, chairman of the House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, issued the following news release: Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), Chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, announced the release of his Committee's final report, Bridging the Divide: Building an Economy that Works for All. "Our Committee was determined to listen to people whose voices are not normally heard in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- 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, announced that 16 of his key priorities have been included in the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "I'm pleased to announce that several of my initiatives to further protect our homeland have been i  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced bicameral legislation to create a United States Foundation for International Conservation along with the Co-Chairs of the International Conservation Caucus in the House of Representatives - Representatives David Joyce (R-Ohio), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Chris Stewart (R-Utah), and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas). The legislation would fun  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced the House has passed their bipartisan Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Risk Index (NRI) - an o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chair of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and author of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, today applauded the committee's passage of their resolution recognizing Russian actions in Ukraine as genocide. The reso  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: Congressmen Mike Turner (OH-10) and Jared Golden (ME-02) sent a bipartisan letter this week to urge congressional leadership to include a reauthorization of the Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) in any end of year legislation. "We represent working people who have been left without affordable health insurance since Congress allowed the program to expire at the beginning of the year," the lawmakers   more