WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: U.S. Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12) today issued the following statement in response to the House passage of Democrats' last-ditch $1.8 trillion omnibus spending package: "With only days remaining in the 117th Congress, the Democrats are engaged in a last-ditch spendthrift chock-full of policies that are out-of-touch with the priorities of everyday Americans. "At no time in modern histo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: * * * Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed a $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill. The process this latest "omnibus" spending bill went through is completely broken...and that would be true whether it's Democrats or Republicans doing it. The bill is 4,000+ pages and would spend an additional $1.7 trillion. Very little of  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Toledo Roofers Local 134 and its more than 430 members will receive $19.1 million in pension restoration funding from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). This funding is a direct result of the passage of the Butch Lewis Act as a part of the American Rescue Plan which Brown helped write and pass. "Today, we are putting mone  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) awarded five Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Grants totaling $215,377 to five businesses in Northeast Ohio counties. Funding will be used to generate renewable energy and make facilities more energy efficient. "We are in the midst of a clean energy boom that will create j  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) awarded three Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Grants totaling $360,228 to three businesses in Southwest Ohio. Funding will be used to generate renewable energy and make facilities more energy efficient. "We are in the midst of a clean energy boom that will create jobs and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) awarded a awarded a $38,605 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Grant to G&G Grain and Livestock in Muskingum County. Funding will be used to generate renewable energy and make facilities more energy efficient. "We are in the midst of a clean energy boom that will create jobs  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) awarded a $49,860 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Grant to the Carl Liebrecht's farming operation in Putnam County. Funding will be used to generate renewable energy and make facilities more energy efficient. "We are in the midst of a clean energy boom that will create jo  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) awarded a $58,808 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Grant to Stacey Sims of Sims Farms in Marion County. Funding will be used to generate renewable energy and make facilities more energy efficient. "We are in the midst of a clean energy boom that will create jobs and opport  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that his bipartisan African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act, was included in the FY2023 Omnibus Spending Package. This legislation is co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. "As a nation, we have failed to preserve historic Black burial grounds around the country. That's why we've worked w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that his bipartisan, bicameral bill to designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial--located in Bedford Heights, Ohio--as a national memorial was included in the FY2023 Omnibus Spending Package and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) introduced companion legislation in the House. "I am prou  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that their bipartisan legislation to protect and improve waterways of the Great Lakes has been signed into law as part of the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "Ohio's waterways and ports are critical for our local economies," said Brown. "This bipartisan legislation will ensure that the Great Lakes remain a vital shipping hu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) and U.S. Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH-2) announced that their legislation which will begin the process of incorporating the John P. Parker House and museum, an important stop on the Underground Railroad, into the National Park System, was included in the FY2023 Omnibus Spending Package. The Parker House is located in Rip  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) announced the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) has selected Youngstown Air Reserve Station as the "preferred location" to receive eight new C-130Js. AFRC notified congressional offices yesterday. Ryan, a member of the House's Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations, inserted approximately $800 million in funding into the FY20, F  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH-13) sent a letter to the Whirlpool Corporation calling on the company to reconsider its decision to terminate Whirlpool Corporation retirement benefits for Hoover Company retirees. Whirlpool is set to terminate the Hoover Company retirees' life insurance benefits on January 1, 2023. "Whirlpool's latest decision to terminate all l  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representatives Tim Ryan (OH-13) and Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced $20,000,000 for Pike County included in the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding package. The funds--allocated to the U.S. Department of Energy--are intended to replace the now-closed Zahn's Corner Middle School, which was shuttered in 2019 following evidence of radiological contamination that registered on  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) - Chair of the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee - released the following statement after the House and Senate passed omnibus appropriations legislation that includes $39 million in federal funding she secured for 15 community-led projects. The legislation will now be sent to the President to be signed into law. Today, the House and Senate  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: After passing both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, H.R. 7746, Sgt. Wolf Kyle Weninger Veterans Education Fairness Act of 2022, is on its way to the President's desk to be signed into law. Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced this legislation in May in honor of the late Sergeant Wolf Kyle Weninger, a U.S. Marine and OH-14 constituent. H.R. 7746 was included as part of the Student Veterans Emerge  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) issued the following statement on the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2617 - FY23 Omnibus Appropriations: "Over the past two years, Speaker Pelosi and the Democrat majority have recklessly spent more than $3 trillion outside of the normal appropriations process. Their out-of-control spending has been a driving force behind the inflation pummeling Ohio families. "Now more th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09) - Chair of the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force - released the following statement after the House and Senate passed omnibus appropriations legislation that includes her bill to create the Great Lakes Authority. The legislation will now be sent to the President to be signed into l  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) today announced that funding for Abrams Tanks, Stryker Vehicles, and Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) have all been signed into law as part of the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The legislation includes $1.2 billion in funding to upgrade Abrams tanks, which will continue the production of the M1A2 SEPv3 upgraded Abrams   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that $800 million in funding authorized through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), an initiative Portman wrote into law in 2015, has been signed into law as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This is an increase from the $300 million included in last year's NDAA and the President's budget request, and it is intend  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that a number of his healthcare priorities have now been signed into law by President Biden after being included in this year's bipartisan funding bill. IMPROVE Act Senator Portman introduced the Improving Medicare Patients with RNHCI Options to Vaccinate Easily (IMPROVE) Act this past September and it passed the Senate by unanimous consent. The IMPROVE Act seeks to co  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- 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 signed into law as part of the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This legislation, a modified version of the legislation that passed the Senate i  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) announced that their bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) is now law as President Biden signed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) earlier today. The FY 2023 NDAA reauthorizes the program through FY2027 at $20 million per year. The TFCA program has saved ove  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), along with Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) announced that their bipartisan the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Reauthorization and Improvements Act has been signed into law as part of the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This legislation is designed to combat international wildlife trafficking and strengthen interagency eff  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- 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 their bipartisan legislation - the Fighting Emerging Narcotics through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting (FENTANYL) Results Act - was signed into law as part of the fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Their bipartisan effort inc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: Rep. Shontel Brown (OH-11) issued the following statement regarding the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. "I applaud the bicameral efforts that accelerated the passage of this legislation that will help marginalized communities and working families across the nation," said Rep. Shontel Brown. "A true testament to bipartisan cooperation, this legislation will strengthen v  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: Rep. Shontel Brown (OH-11) issued the following statement regarding the signing of the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022. "Nothing is more important than protecting our country and the welfare of those who serve it," said Rep. Shontel Brown. "On top of increasing pay for our servicemembers and reducing  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) issued the following statement on the inclusion of her House-passed bill, H.R. 7618, in the Fiscal Year 2023 government funding package. Rep. Brown's legislation designates the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial, located in Bedford Heights, OH, as a national memorial. "I am pleased that my legislation to designate the Kol Israel Holocaust Memorial as a nati  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: Rep. Shontel Brown (OH-11) announced $23,684,520 in Community Project Funding that she previously secured for Ohio's 11th District in the House spending bills has been included in the final Fiscal Year 2023 government funding package. This funding responds directly to some of the most pressing needs in the district. "I am thrilled to have secured $23,684,520 in Community Project Funding in th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Mike Johnson (R-LA) sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding all documents and communication between FBI employees and representatives of Twitter from January 1, 2020 to present. Internal Twitter documents have revealed a coordinated "misinformation" effort between the FBI and Twitter to suppress and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) applauded the passing of their bipartisan legislation to combat international wildlife trafficking and to strengthen interagency efforts to tackle the issue in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which President Biden signed into law this week. Senators Coons and Portman are members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-c  more