WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on March 1, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the below statement following the nomination of Julie Su to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor. "Julie Su has spent her life fighting for the people who make our country work. She's stood up to the largest corporations on behalf of workers, and worked to give more Americans the opportunity that a comes with a secure, good-paying job. "She underst  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and JD Vance (R-OH), along with U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) will introduce the bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023 to prevent future train disasters like the derailment that devastated East Palestine, Ohio. The bill will take a number of key steps to improve rail safety protocols, such as enhancing safety  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA), along with U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), JD Vance (R-OH), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023 to prevent future train disasters like the derailment that devastated East Palestine, Ohio and Darlington Township, Pennsylvania. The bill will take key steps to improve rail safety pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined Senators JD Vance (R-Ohio), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) to introduce new legislation to improve the safety of the nation's rail system following the train derailment that devastated the community in East Palestine, Ohio. The Railway Safety Act of 2023 would improve rail safety protocols, establish new safe  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) today issued the following joint statement in response to the Intelligence Community's assessment on anomalous health incidents (AHIs) at U.S. embassies and missions across the world. These AHIs are commonly know  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Pat Ryan, D-New York, issued the following news release and letter on March 1, 2023: In the wake of the Norfolk Southern crisis in East Palestine, Ohio, Congressman Pat Ryan, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, today wrote a letter to CSX President and CEO Joseph Hinrichs demanding the company adopt additional safety standards to prevent similar accidents happening in the Hudson Valley. Ryan also made an urgent call for a Congress  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on March 1, 2023: * * * Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation (REIN IN) Inflation Act, which would require the Biden Administration to publish the inflationary impact of executive orders before enacting them. "Due to skyrocketing inflation, families, farmers, and manufacturers in Ohio's Fifth Dist  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-06) introduced the East Palestine Tax Relief Act to ensure East Palestine residents and businesses who receive disaster relief payments following the East Palestine train derailment on February 3, 2023, are exempt from paying taxes on any compensation related to the derailment: "Residents and businesses in East Palestine are focused on getting back to normal following the train derailment  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on March 1, 2023: Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr., Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, wrote a letter today to Amit Bose, Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), and Tristan Brown, Deputy Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Organization (PHMS  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13), the Vice Ranking Member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, introduced an amendment to H.R. 1152, a bill which would limit states' authority to review and approve federal projects that may harm a community's water quality. Rep. Sykes' amendment would have restored some   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) cosponsored the East Palestine Tax Relief Act, which Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) introduced to help ensure East Palestine residents and businesses who receive disaster relief payments following the East Palestine train derailment on February 3, 2023, are exempt from paying taxes on any compensation related to the derailment. "I'm thankful that no lives were lost in this unfortunate acci  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) sent a final batch of letters to intelligence officials related to the public statement signed in October 2020 that attempted to discredit the New York Post's reporting about Hunter Biden's laptop and called it a product of Russian disinformation. The letters reiterat  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and John Barrasso (R-WY) announced the passage of their Senate resolution designating February 28, 2023 as "Rare Disease Day." The senators' resolution recognizes the importance of raising awareness around and providing support for Americans living with rare diseases and disorders, while calling for a national and global commitment to improve access to and develop new treatme  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: Senators JD Vance (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with Senators Rubio (R-FL), Hawley (R-MO), Casey (D-PA), and Fetterman (D-PA), will introduce legislation, The Railway Safety Act of 2023, today to prevent future train disasters like the derailment that devastated East Palestine, Ohio. The bill will take a number of key steps to improve rail safety protocols, such as enhancing safety proce  more