SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, March 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined local business owners, rail union workers, and local officials to call for swift passage of his bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023, in the wake of a recent Norfolk Southern derailment in Springfield. On March 4, 28 cars of a 212-car Norfolk Southern train derailed, just weeks after the devastating Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine. "A disas  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on March 24, 2023: * * * House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following statement regarding the Committee Democrats' reprehensible attempts to politicize the train crash in East Palestine, Ohio. "The Democrats' decision to politicize the recent derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine--and its  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Through a bipartisan vote, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the HALT Fentanyl Act - legislation led by Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA9) - to address the permanent scheduling of fentanyl analogues. It will now head to the House floor for a vote. "In just one year, lethal fentanyl poisonings claimed the lives of over 5,000 Ohioans and mor  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a $442,612 grant to Akron Children's Hospital to fund research toimprove home-based pediatric hospice and palliative care. "The unique needs of young patients have too often been overlooked in healthcare settings," said Rep. Sykes. "This investment will strengthen p  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 24, 2023: Yesterday, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing titled "The President's 2023 Trade Policy Agenda," U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questioned U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on how his bipartisan legislation, the Fighting Trade Cheats Act and Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act would help combat cheating by foreign manufacturers that harm Ohio manufacturers. Brown recently int  more