WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse called on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to suspend a decision on the Special Use Authorization for the Uinta Basin Railway Project until a supplemental review is conducted to fully evaluate the effects of the project on Colorado's local communities and environment. Such a review is especially   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to Janet Yellen, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) urging Treasury to issue guidance for companies seeking funding from the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) that was a part of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act. The ITC will help strengthen the domestic semiconductor supply chain, create good-paying jobs and bolster the economies  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Chip Slaven, Viola Garcia, and Nina Jankowicz to appear before the Committee for a deposition. Each official has ignored voluntary requests for a transcribed interview. Chip Slaven, the former Interim Executive Director and CEO of the National School Boards Association (NSBA), and Viola Garcia, the former President o  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It: Last week, 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) introduced the bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023 to prevent future train disasters like the derailment that devastated East Palestine. The bill takes a number of key steps to improve rail safety protocols, such  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Gerald "Gerry" Connolly, D-Virginia, issued the following news and letter: Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Accountability in sending a letter to Alan Shaw, CEO of Norfolk Southern, the owner and operator of the derailed train in East Palestine, Ohio, demanding answers and information on its role in, and response to, the February 3, 2023, train derailment and calling on him to make the victims of the derailment whole.   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) announced she co-sponsored the bipartisan Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2023. "I am proud to co-sponsor the PRO Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation that will improve the lives of workers and families in Ohio's 13th Congressional District and across the nation," said Rep. Sykes. "When workers have the power to stand toge  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on March 6, 2023: * * * Coming Together to Make Railroads It shouldn't take a train derailment for elected officials to put partisanship aside and work together for the people we serve and not corporations like Norfolk Southern. Railroad company lobbyists have spent years fighting against every effort to make our trains and rail lines safer. Now towns like East Palestine, Sandusky, Steubenville, and Springfiel  more