WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release and letter: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and their colleagues in sending a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure urging the agency to ensure that the gains made in reducing the number of uninsured children are not lost as states begin to unwind Medicaid policies that have been in place since th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded two grants totaling $1,171,862 to The Ohio State University for STEM research. "We unleash more American innovation when we nurture all Ohio talent," Brown said. "This award will help The Ohio State University advance our knowledge and continue Ohio's leadership in scientific innovation." Funding from NSF inclu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) again visited East Palestine to host a roundtable discussion with residents, business owners, and local official regarding their ongoing needs and concerns as they deal with the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment. Brown recently visited East Palestine and has repeatedly advocated for resources for the Ohio community and is working to hold Norfolk Southern accounta  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- 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.) recently joined with colleagues to introduce the Supply Chain Disruptions Relief Act - legislation led by U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) - to provide tax relief to auto dealers experiencing inventory shortages due to global supply chain issues. "Soaring prices and supply chain disruptions have c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. James Baird, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Congressman Baird released the following statement following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's announcement on February 27, 2023, that it and Norfolk Southern would be relocating some of the hazardous soil waste from the East Palestine train derailment to Putnam County: "For over a week, this administration has failed to properly address the public safety crisis created by the train derailment in Oh  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent letters to former co-Chairs of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States seeking information  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-08) in sending a letter to Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Martin Oberman in the wake of the derailment of a freight train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, to urge the STB to delay any final decision on the proposed merger between the Canadian  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH), and Subcommittee Vice Chair Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) sent letters today to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protect  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today sent letters to former co-Chairs of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States seeking information on the Commission's work, deliberations and true purpose. The letters   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined Fox Business' The Evening Edit to discuss the disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and the Biden Administration's war on American energy. Highlights: On the lack of response from the Biden Administration: "People need to be heard, when something like this happens to them. They want to know that t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Troy Nehls (R-TX) today led all Republican Members of the Committee in writing to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan requesting information on EPA's decision-ma  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) are calling on the Department of Energy, the Department of State, and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to provide information necessary to the Select Subcommittee and Over  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 27, 2023: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court announced that it would reconsider the Fifth Circuit court's decision in Community Financial Services Association of America v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau next t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: Manufacturing is one of Ohio's most important industries but too often students don't realize all the opportunities available to them. When students hear the word "manufacturing" they think about dirty, dusty old jobs, and the outdated term "rust belt" that demeans our workers and devalues their work. But we are finally burying the term "rust belt". With Intel, the CHIPS Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act, w  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today released the following statement on the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report on the February 3, 2023, Norfolk Southern freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio: "After ignoring for ten d  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2023: On Monday, Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH) sent a follow-up letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin after receiving a four-sentence response to several questions sent to the Department of Defense (DOD) on August 30, 2022, regarding an opportunity for military medicine to lead the way in data-driven vaccine policies and sound medical decisions. In his letter dated February 27, 2023, Rep.  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., recently reintroduced the Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments (BENEFIT) Act. Representatives Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M., R-Ohio, have introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives. The legislation would provide patients and advocates the ability to play a larger role i  more