WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced Senate passage of legislation to increase support for local fire departments. The bill would reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program, the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, and the United States Fire Administration (USFA). In 2021, Ohio Fire Departments received  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) introduced legislation that would designate Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) as a primary airport. This designation would allow YNG to access funding from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) which provides grants for the planning and development of public-use airports. "Youngstown-Warren Regional Airpor  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: Following concerns raised by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), senior member of the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, the U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs announced today that it will discontinue the deployment of the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record (EHR) program and work to improve the program at sites currently using system - including the Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, vice chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led a bipartisan group of senators urging the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, Illinois State Museum, Indiana University, and the Ohio History Connection to comply with  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led a bipartisan group of senators urging the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, Illinois State Museum, Indiana University, and the Ohio History Connection to comply with the  more