WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Yesterday, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing titled "Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Prescription Drug Supply Chain: Impact on Patients and Taxpayers," U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) pressed for reform of Pharmacy Benefit Manager, or PBM, practices that lead to high drug prices for patients and high fees for Ohio pharmacies. "It's an impenetrable system of fees most people have   more

HAMILTON, Ohio, April 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), an Iraq War veteran, hosted a roundtable and press availability at the Butler County Government Services Office in Hamilton 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  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bob Casey (D-PA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Treasury to prioritize American manufacturing and workers in the implementation of the clean energy tax credits passed in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The Senators argue that tax credits will give American workers a competitive advantage against Chin  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Financial Compensation for CFPB Whistleblowers Act to authorize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to award financial compensation to whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to the Consumer Bureau. The bill is cosponsored by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Mi  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup invited the Honorable John Ratcliffe, Former Director of National Intelligence, and Mr. David Feith, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to testify at a hearing titled "Investigating the Origins of COVID-1  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: Representatives Bill Johnson (OH-06) and Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) held a press conference on the Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL) Act. Reps. Johnson and Sykes were joined by both Republican and Democratic members of the Ohio Congressional delegation to show united support for passing commonsense, effective rail safety legislation. Rep. Bill Johnson released the following statement a  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on March 30, 2023: * * * Congressman John Sarbanes and Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie B. Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) released the following statement after receiving confirmation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Norfolk Southern that they no longer plan to transport waste from the East P  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter on March 31, 2023: On International Transgender Day of Visibility, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, and his colleagues Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Tina Smith (D- Minn.), Mazie Hirono (D- Hawaii),   more

AKRON, Ohio, April 1 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 31, 2023: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) hosted a roundtable with local labor leaders from across the district to discuss creating good-paying union jobs, strengthening workforce development programs, and other ways to support working people and families in Ohio's 13th District. "It was a pleasure to meet with local labor leaders from across Ohio's 13th District this week," sai  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) and Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23), along with Reps. Erin Houchin (R-IN-9), Gwen Moore (D-WI-4), Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5), Don Bacon (R-NE-2), and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) introduced the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act on Thursday. This bipartisan legislation seeks to create an improved feedback mechanism between states and the Administration of Childr  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, led eleven of his colleagues on the Banking and Housing Committee in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, urging the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) and its member agencies to review how our financial system is se  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Nevada, Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Financial Compensation for CFPB Whistleblowers Act to authorize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to award financial compensation to whistleblowers who report wrongdoing to the Consumer Bureau. The bill is cosponsored by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Richard Blumenth  more