WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led 19 Senators today in introducing the Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. The ETHICS Act is new, comprehensive legislation that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from abusing their positions for personal financial gain by owning or trading securities, commodities  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Wash.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and 17 of their colleagues today in introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. The ETHICS Act is new, comprehensive legislation that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children f  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following remarks on April 18, 2023: The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) opened today's hearing on "Investigating the Origins of COVID-19, Part 2: China and the Available Intelligence" by emphasizing the importance of listening to intelligence experts and following the facts. Chairman Wenstrup laid out the declassified intelligence available to Americans that continues to point to a lab   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release and letter: Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema introduced the bipartisan Federal Reserve Transparency Act alongside Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). The senators' bipartisan legislation follows the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank - bringing much-needed tran  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Mike Rogers (AL-03), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pressing the Department of Defense for accountability and answers regarding the unauthorized disclosure of classifie  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today's hearing on "Investigating the Origins of COVID-19, Part 2: China and the Available Intelligence" by emphasizing the importance of listening to intelligence experts and following the facts. Chairman W  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $400,000 matching grant award to the Toledo Museum of Art. This infrastructure and capacity building grant awarded to the Toledo Museum of Art is one of 258 projects selected nationwide by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to generate private support for local humanities projects. This project to improve plumbing facilities at the T  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) joined Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC3) and members of the subcommittee for a hearing entitled "American Nuclear Energy Expansion: Powering a Clean and Secure Future." The hearing focused on shoring up domestic nuclear energy production, including Latta's legislation - the Nuclear Fuel Security Act - which would establ  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) celebrated her 100th day in office representing Ohio's 13th Congressional District. To commemorate this milestone and to officially welcome members of the community to her district office, Rep. Sykes hosted a District Office Open House last Thursday where constituents stopped by to meet the district staff and learn about the services the office   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) voted against the veto override of H.J. Res 27, legislation that would rescind the Clean Water Restoration Rule that defines which bodies of water fall under the scope of the Clean Water Act. H.J. Res. 27 is a direct attempt to invalidate the Biden-Harris administration's recently finalized regulation, which ensures protections for many of the bodies of wa  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Yesterday, Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL) introduced the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2023 to improve the affordability and safety of student housing. The bill updates the tax code to enable not-for-profit student housing organizations to use tax-deductible donations to build, maintain, or improve student housing. "Congress must lo  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on April 18, 2023: * * * Senator JD Vance (R-OH) issued the following statement on Tax Day: "On this Tax Day, millions of hardworking Ohioans are faced with the difficult reality of making ends meet in the Biden economy," said Senator JD Vance. "In just two short years, this administration has managed to bring about multiple bank collapses, it has caused the highest inflation rates we've seen in decades, and it ha  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley and Ohio's Senator Sherrod Brown led 21 Senators today in introducing the Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. This bill is bipartisan and bicameral, with Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Michael Cloud (R-TX) leading the bill in the House. The ETHICS Act is new, comprehensive legislation that would prohibit members of   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley and Ohio's Senator Sherrod Brown led 21 Senators today in introducing the Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. This bill is bipartisan and bicameral, with Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) and Michael Cloud (R-TX) leading the bill in the House. The ETHICS Act is new, comprehensive legislation that would prohibit me  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Wash.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and their colleagues in introducing the bipartisan, bicameral Ending Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocks (ETHICS) Act. The ETHICS Act is new, comprehensive legislation that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses and dependent children from abusing their positi  more