WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund has awarded 10 grants totaling $7,727,900 to organizations across Ohio. This is in addition to $875,000 in technical assistance funds awarded to seven Ohio CDFIs in September 2022. "If we want to promote economic development throughout Ohio, we need to ensure that bu  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) testified on behalf of the residents of East Palestine at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing about the response to the Norfolk Southern derailment. Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw also testified. The hearing comes in the shadow of yet another Norfolk Southern derailment in Springfield, Ohio, and the tragic death of a Norfolk Southern employee in Clevelan  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined 48 members of the Senate Democratic caucus in introducing the Women's Health Protection Act of 2023, federal legislation to guarantee abortion access throughout the country and restore comprehensive reproductive health care rights for millions of Americans. The bill's introduction follows the Supreme Court's misguided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decisi  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jon Tester (D-MT), and John Thune (R-SD) in reintroducing their Biochar Research Network Act. This bipartisan proposal seeks to study the effectiveness of biochar, which is a carbon-rich material produced from biomass. Specifically, the bill would establish a national biochar research net  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: Today, March 8, 2023, on International Women's Day (IWD), U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty joins women in every corner of the world to honor the sheroes who are breaking barriers, shattering glass ceilings, and paving the way forward with fortitude. This year's theme is "Celebrating Women Who Tell our Stories," encouraging recognition of all women, past and present, who have made gains througho  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: At a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) reiterated the serious safety concerns surrounding any proposals to transport nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain. She pointed to last month's East Palestine, Ohio train derailment as an example of why Nevadans oppose the failed Yucca Mountain nuclear repository project.   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer and senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, was joined by Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in reintroducing legislation to study the effectiveness of biochar, a carbon-rich material produced from biomass. The bipartisan Biochar Research Network Act would establish a National Biochar Research Network to t  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10), Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (TN-07), Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (TX-10), and Committee on Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers (AL-03) issued the following statement on the 2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today announced a subcommittee hearing to address the environmental response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Witnesses, who will be announced at a   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement on March 9, 2023: * * * House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) issued the following statement: "As Darin LaHood announced, he believes that he is the unidentified congressman that was improperly FISA-queried. In this public statement, he personifies the fears and mistrust many in America have about the FBI's   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Representative Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) - Ranking Member of the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee and Co-Chair of the bipartisan House Great Lakes Task Force, and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate Great Lakes Task Force released the following statement after President Biden announced the inclusion of funding for the Great Lakes Authority in his FY202  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 10 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on March 9, 2023: * * * Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01) released the following statement announcing he has joined the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus * * * "I'm determined to be a new type of national leader, one that is fully accountable, highly reliable, and bipartisan to get results for folks back home. "By joining this group of Democrats and Republicans, I will be in an even better positio  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Congressman Bob Latta's (R-OH5) legislation, the Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining (REFINER) Act, was approved through a bipartisan vote by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The bill now awaits consideration by the full U.S. House of Representatives. "Due to the Biden Administration's efforts to stifle U.S. energy production, energy costs have   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today questioned Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw to demand that the company take responsibility for the environmental and public health threats posed by the derailment and hazardous chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio. Padilla is committed to holding Norfolk Southern and multibillion-dollar corpora  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses, including the Norfolk Southern CEO, representatives from the EPA, and state and local officials, on the environmental, public health and safety impacts, and decisions made in the immediate aftermath of the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio that oc  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) issued the following statement on President Biden's Fiscal Year 2024 federal budget proposal: "Budgets show our values, and President Biden's budget proposal demonstrates our commitment to creating opportunity for all by investing in the American people," said Rep. Sykes. "This budget will improve the lives of people across Ohio's 13th Di  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced bipartisan legislation to ban imports of Russian uranium. The bill is the Senate companion to H.R. 1042, which was introduced last month by U.S. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), chair of the House Committee on Energy and Comme  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) today announced a subcommittee hearing to address the environmental response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Witnesses, who will be announced at a later date, will include officials from the U.S. Environmental Pro  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement regarding reports that Silvergate Bank is liquidating. "As the impact of FTX's collapse continues to ripple outward, today we are seeing what can happen when a bank is overreliant on a risky, vol  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Sen. Sherrod Brown, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Rep. Maxine Waters, Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement after House Republicans released a series of bills that would undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the only age  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: On Thursday, March 9, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing to address the environmental and public health threats from the Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for deliv  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing titled, "Protecting Public Health and the Environment in the Wake of the Norfolk Southern Train Derailment and Chemical Release in East Palestine, Ohio." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) as delivered. "Thank  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses, including the Norfolk Southern CEO, representatives from the EPA, and state and local officials, on the environmental, public health and safety impacts, and decisions made in the immedi  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell on the role of the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency during a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. "When I look at the American economy, we have a lot of financial engineers and a lot of diversity consultants, we don't have a lot of people making things, and I worry that the reserve currency   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) questioned Acting Administrator Billy Nolen of the Federal Aviation Administration on the safety of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft during a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Senator Vance: "One worry that I have - we've had a couple of incidents that have come to our attention in our office that I just wanted to highlight here, if we could. So I wou  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following Testimony: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) provided written testimony to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works regarding the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. * * * Statement of Senator JD Vance of Ohio Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works Thursday, March 9, 2023 This is the first congressional hearing on the calamity which occurred on February 3rd at East Palestine, Ohio. That night, at about eleve  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) testified during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works regarding the train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. Senator Vance: "I worry that there has been a movement in my party and in my movement in response to the legislation that I've proposed that would not hold Norfolk Southern or the rail industry accountable ... And now [the railroad industry   more