WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Balderson (OH-12) this week joined 25 House colleagues in a letter sent to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) urging the agency to extend the period for individuals and organizations to submit challenges to the FCC's broadband maps. These maps will be used to determine how the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program funds are distribut  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- 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 (USDA) has awarded a $9,575,250 Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) grant to International Food Solutions (IFS) in Cleveland. The investment will support International Food Solutions' "Project Renaissance," a $75 million investment to transform a vacant building on Cleveland's East Side into a modern poultry p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo yesterday urging the department to address the improper imports of downstream grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) products by adding them to Section 232 tariffs. GOES is a necessary component of our electrical grid, which is part of our critical infrastructure and key to our national security. By adding  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in sending a letter to Southwest Airlines CEO Robert E. Jordan seeking answers for its mass flight cancellations in the final week of December. As the senators explained in their letter, Southwest canceled more than 7,500 flights between December 27 and 29 - in the wake of winter storm Elliot  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2023: This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) joined House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and members of the committee in conducting two roundtables focusing on the energy affordability and deadly fentanyl crises plaguing communities across the United States. During the 117th Congress, within the Energy and Commerce Committee, Latta served as a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: This week, I visited the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and met with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, the Glenn leadership team and Ohio economic development leaders. We all agreed, there is no better place in the country to talk about new and emerging technologies than Ohio. Ohio is always moving toward the next frontier. From Thomas Edison to the Wright Brother to John Glenn and Neil Armstrong, our hi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter: Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) led their colleagues Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and  more