WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined colleagues to reintroduce the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, labor legislation to protect workers' right to stand together and bargain for fairer wages, better benefits, and safer workplaces. For years, Brown has led the fight to ensure all work has dignity. "For so many Americans, their hard work doesn't pay off like it should," said Bro  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would ensure public sector workers and their families can receive full Social Security benefits after two previous statutes reduced them. The Senators' bill, the Social Security Fairness Act, would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) from the Social Security A  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act, legislation that will allow individuals who suffered dangerous gender-transition procedures as minors to seek justice in court. Senator Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana), Senator James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahom  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: Today U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and JD Vance (R-Ohio) introduced the Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance Act to establish a Special Inspector General to oversee the military and non-military assistance to Ukraine. The United States has appropriated $113 billion in aid to Ukraine - more than the contributions made by all European NATO allies combined. "The United States   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development announced the awarding of $99,590,000 in additional federal funding that she secured for four critical projects as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' annual work plan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has released its fiscal year 2023 work plan outlining projects the Corps   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) sent this letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan demanding the agency expand the one-mile radius around the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment site to allow for more Pennsylvanians to receive federal air, water, and soil testing. The one-mile radius allowed for just 22 Pennsylvania homes -- all of which are in Beaver Count  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Michael Hsu, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, expressing concerns about bank branch closures in low- to moderate-income communities. Brown's letter follows news reports of bank closures in low-income communities and   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Protecting Public Health and the Environment in the Wake of the Norfolk Southern Train Derailment and Chemical Release in East Palestine, Ohio" at 10 a.m. on March 9, 2023, at 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Panel 1 * The Honorable Sherrod Brown, United States Senator, The State of Ohio * The Honorable JD Vance, United States Senator, The State of Ohio * The H  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation that would ensure public sector workers and their families can receive full Social Security benefits after two previous statutes reduced them. The Senators' bill, the Social Security Fairness Act, would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the   more