WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) approved $35.8 billion in Special Financial Assistance (SFA) funding to the Central States Pension Fund. This means about 40,000 Ohio retirees, workers and their families keep their hard-earned pensions with no cuts. The funding is a direct result of the passage of Brown's Butch Lewis Act which was   more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable with local veterans to discuss the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022 that was signed into law by President Biden over the summer. The Department of Veterans Affairs is expected to start processing PACT Act disability claims in January. "This law is the most comprehensive expans  more

WARREN, Ohio, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Dec. 9, 2022: * * * Following the news that workers at the Ultium Cells battery plant in Warren voted 710 to 16 to unionize as part of the United Auto Workers (UAW), U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the following statement. "Workers at the Lordstown plant have spoken. They have resoundingly voted to join the UAW. I look forward to seeing Ultium quickly move to put a collective bargaining agreement  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sherrod Brown announced that members of the Senate Agriculture Committee introduced the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2022, which will enable year-round, nationwide sale of gasoline that contains more than 10 percent ethanol. This measure would help lower fuel prices and provide certainty in fuel markers for farmers and consumers. Brown, the first Ohioan to serve on the Senate Agriculture Commi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced The Restaurant Revitalization Tax Credit Act. This legislation creates a special tax credit available to businesses that applied for the Small Business Administration (SBA) Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) program but were unable to receive a grant because the program ran out of funding. Nearly 2 of every 3 eligible R  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2022: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) delivered his formal farewell speech on the Senate floor and reflected on his time in Washington, D.C. serving in the House of Representatives, Senate, and two Cabinet-level positions. Portman talked about his mission throughout his career of delivering bipartisan results through effective servant leadership and what he and his colleagues on both sides o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2022: This week, a resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R- S.C.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) designating September as Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month unanimously passed the U.S. Senate. Joining Scott and Booker, the resolution was cosponsored by Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Eliza  more