WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Committee member Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell urging the Fed to ensure that Ohio's state-chartered credit unions have access to greater liquidity. Brown and Vance raised concerns that Ohio's privately-insured, state-chartered credit unions  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss his bipartisan Local Farms and Food Act, which would make it easier for Ohio farmers to sell their products locally, improving and updating Farm Bill programs Brown helped pass, based on feedback from Ohio farmers. "We support local economies best when we produce more in Ohio - whether it's cars or produce or beef or flowers. Ohioans   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined the Dayton Development Coalition's annual fly-in, and discussed his key wins for Southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley - including regional investments in economic development, key infrastructure improvements delivered in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and critical military construction projects for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Brown also discussed his bipartisan  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) and six of their House and Senate colleagues in introducing the bipartisan Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness (REEF) Act to protect railroad employees and end mandated cuts to the Railroad Retirement Board's (RRB) Unemployment Insurance Account. Current law requires the RRB to reduce railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefi  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), 9 additional Senators, and 52 Representatives sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, urging the agency to move forward with their proposed rule banning noncompete agreements to give approximately 30 million Americans the opportunity to change jobs and create new businesses. In January,  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: Yesterday, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing titled "The President's Fiscal Year 2024 IRS Budget and the IRS's 2023 Filing Season," U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) pressed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel to protect Ohio businesses from the burden of excessive tax paperwork. "When you were here last, I asked you about the 1099-K reporting threshold. I told  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- 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 (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled "The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2: The President of the American Federation of Teachers Ms. Randi Weingarten" to delve into any role Ms. Weingarten and the AFT may have played in editing the CDC's COVI  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, announced the Department of Energy has awarded $16.1 Million to the Toledo area to spur jobs and solar energy innovation. Toledo Solar and First Solar will receive funding to advance their pathbreaking work on solar technology. As Ranking Member of the Energy and Water   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) introduced legislation, the Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act, to expand access to health savings accounts (HSAs) and fix a technicality prohibiting individuals who are receiving social security benefits from contributing to their HSA accounts. Congresswomen Ashley Hinson (R-IA2) and Stephanie Bice (R-OK5) joined Latta in helping introduce this legislation. Health Savings Ac  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: New testimony by Michael Morell, a former Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and one of the 51 signatories of the "Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails," revealed that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, then senior advisor to the Biden campaign, was the impetus of the public statement signed in October 2020 that falsely implied the New   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following commentary on April 20, 2023, to the Washington Times: * * * Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) penned an op-ed in The Washington Times to address America's energy affordability crisis, spurred by the Biden Administration's efforts to stifle domestic energy production, and how H.R. 1 - the Lower Energy Costs Act - will reverse course on failed energy policies. * * * U.S. Writes Its Own Destiny With Energy Independence Whe  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) denounced House Passage of H.R. 734, the "Politics Over Participation Act." "Let me be clear--H.R. 734 is an attack on innocent children. The people of Ohio's 13th District did not send me to Congress to bully our kids," said Rep. Sykes. "Anti-equality politicians need to stop attacking the LGBTQ+ community and instead prioritize addressing the pressing i  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13), along with Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced the Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act to stop crisis pregnancy centers from spreading deceptive advertising about abortion care. Many crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) falsely and deliberately advertise themselves as comprehensive repr  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson about Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System advances made to Silvergate, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank leading up to the banks' fa  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the No EV Credits for Idle Allies Act, legislation that would prevent European countries from benefiting from critical mineral tax credits from the United States until they contribute an equal percent of GDP in support of the war in Ukraine. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee), Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) a  more