WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, released the following statement on actions taken by the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) regarding Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. On Sunday, Beatty joi  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, at a member day hearing on March 8, 2023, on education: * * * I am a former teacher, my parents were teachers, I did child education advocacy most of my career. I helped pass an effort in Cincinnati called the Preschool Promise, which provides 2 years of quality preschool for three- an  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, released the following statement following the passage of S.619, the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023: "The American people deserve answers on the origins of the COVID-19 virus, a novel coronavirus that sparked a pandemic and has killed nearly 7 million people worldwide, to date. The impact of the pandemi  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13), Mike Carey (R-OH-15), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8) and Val Hoyle (D-OR-4) introduced the Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs (LEAP) Act, a bipartisan bill to address the job skills gap by supporting apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs. The bill uses federal tax incentives to encourage more businesses to hire apprentices. The LEAP  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on March 13, 2023: * * * Fostering Diversity in Our Next Generation of Military Leaders Every year, I have the privilege of nominating ten Ohio students to each of our nation's service academies. And every year, I'm impressed with our applicants. They have the integrity, courage, and knowledge to enroll in our nation's prestigious military academies, whether it's at the U.S. Airforce Academy, the U.S. Militar  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on March 12, 2023: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) anno  more