DENVER, Colorado, March 11 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet led U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) in introducing the Financing Lead Out of Water (FLOW) Act. The FLOW Act would reduce exposure to lead in old water pipes by making it easier for cities and utilities to issue bonds to finance re  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, March 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Toledo Community Based Outpatient Clinic to discuss health care and disability benefits for veterans who have been harmed by toxic exposure while serving in the military. Veterans are now eligible for these benefits due to Brown's Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensi  more

TIFFIN, Ohio, March 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable and press availability at the AMVETS Post 48 in Tiffin to discuss health care and disability benefits for veterans who have been harmed by toxic exposure while serving in the military. Veterans are now eligible for these benefits due to Brown's Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PAC  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tim Scott (R-SC) introduced bipartisan legislation to help increase access to pharmacogenomic testing for Medicaid beneficiaries. Pharmacogenomics is research that studies how a person's genes affect how he or she responds to medications. The bill would require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide states with best practices to improve outcomes fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) in a letter to the American Bankers Association (ABA) expressing concerns regarding increasing check fraud scams, which cost consumers more than $800 million last year. "Check washing has become an elaborate and organized method of successfully scamming consumers and banks,"  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), and House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) applauded House passage of the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act (H.R. 140). The bill prohibits feder  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, issued the following news release on March 10, 2023: Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today's subcommittee hearing titled "Defending America's Wireless Leadership." Excerpts and highlights below: SPECTRUM POLICY IS CRITICAL "What we are talking about today impacts Americans in eve  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, issued the following news release: he House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, led by Chairman Warren Davidson (OH-08), is holding a hearing entitled, "How Do We Encourage Greater Flood Insurance Coverage in America?" Watch Chairman Davidson's opening remarks here (https://youtu.be/ewiv1Mssc-Q). Read Chairman Davidson's opening remarks   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Following an alarming report about the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) harassment of Twitter, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Ted Cruz (R-TX) sent a bicameral letter to the FTC raising questions about the agency's conduct. Excerpts of the letter to FTC Chair Lina   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio.), Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), and Select Subcommittee Republicans are pressing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide documents and communications related to the FDA's COVID-19 vaccine approval,  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement on March 10, 2023: * * * House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) issued the following statement after S.619, the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, passed the U.S. House of Representatives. "The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc across the country, with almost every household feeling its effects. The American people de  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) made the opening statement and questioned witnesses during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. In his remarks, Mullin, the Ranking Member of the Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Subcommittee, highlighted the need for immediate clarity and assurance  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Senator Sherrod Brown (OH), Senator Bob Casey (PA), and Congresswoman Susan Wild (PA-7) introduced The Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act to protect striking or locked-out workers from being cut off from their healthcare. From Pennsylvania, to Ohio, and all across the country, as more workers are exercising their right to strike, employers often  more