WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on April 5, 2023: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), J.D. Vance (R-OH), and U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), sent a letter to Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw demanding that Norfolk Southern take responsibility and pay immediately for costs to repair the damage the railroad caused to the City of Sandusky and following the October 8, 2022, train derailment that spilled paraffin wax onto the r  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) invited Ms. Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), to testify at a hearing titled "The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2: The President of the American Federation of Teachers Ms. Randi Weingar  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 28, 2023, entitled "Advancing National Security and Foreign Policy Through Sanctions, Export Controls, and Other Economic Tools": * * * Last week marked one year since Vladimir Putin unleashed his brutal, criminal war on Ukraine. Putin wanted to jeopardize the future of a sovereign democracy, and in the process, to   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on March 7, 2023, entitled "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress": * * * We examine the Fed's actions to combat inflation and whether these actions are working - including how these actions affect Americans' jobs and their paychecks. Prices are still too high across many parts of the economy. And we all know who fe  more