WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 14, 2022: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, hosted a news conference call to discuss a letter he wrote to VineBrook Homes Trust, Inc., a real estate company that owns tens of thousands of homes, including nearly 7,900 homes in Ohio. Brown's letter requests information about the company and its policies after multiple Cincinnati re  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) - Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development - released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Energy's announcement that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has achieved fusion ignition. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced that the Lawrence L  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) applauded the announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation that it awarded the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority an $8 million grant through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) FY 2022 All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP). ASAP is a competitive grant program created by Portman's bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that aims to improve   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, a bill that would that would support victims and survivors of human trafficking and help them rebuild their lives. Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery that involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to exploit a person for labor or commercial sex, or the exploitation of a minor for commer  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to the Chief Executive Officers of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft demanding documents and communications related to Big Tech censorship. Evidence suggests that Big Tech companies are colluding with the Biden Administration to suppress free speech online. Excerpts from the letters: Big Tech is out   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: In their continued pursuit of transparency and accountability on behalf of the American people, today Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) released a report led by Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-02) on the origins of COVID-19. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23), Wh  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are pressing senior Biden Administration officials, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, and several virologists who authored "The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2" for information necessary to th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held an executive session to vote on the nominations of: The Honorable Martin Gruenberg to be a Member and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Mr. Travis Hill to be a Member and Vi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled, "Crypto Crash: Why the FTX Bubble Burst and the Harm to Consumers." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: First, I want to exp  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement regarding the Committee's request that Sam Bankman-Fried testify on FTX's collapse this week o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Dec. 1, 2022, entitled "Fairness in Financial Services: Racism and Discrimination in Banking": * * * When work has dignity, every American can fully participate in and receive the benefits of our dynamic economy. Financial services and products have played a critical role in helping many families build wealth and plan fo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following statement by Lynne Tracy, President Biden's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Russia, at a Nov. 30, 2022, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Senator Portman, for the very kind introduction. I also want to thank you for your service to the state of Ohio, the Senate, and to this committee. Your leadership and commitment to public service is inspirational, particularly with the national security challenges facin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Angus King (I-Maine), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) this week sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland urging the Biden administration to withdraw recent draft guidance proposed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The gui  more