WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded two Solar Manufacturing Incubator grants totaling $16,100,000 to First Solar and Toledo Solar in Perrysburg. "Thanks to investments we made in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, we are in the midst of an American renewable energy boom that is creating jobs and driving   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded three grants totaling $600,915 to three organizations across Ohio to help fund new projects to support advanced research and preservation initiatives. "Ohio's great museums and universities play an important role in our communities," said Brown. "These funds will allow Ohio cultural and educational in  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Peter Welch (D-VT), and 19 of their colleagues introduced legislation to boost Medicare's ability to negotiate drug prices and lower prescription drug costs for consumers. The Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayers (SMART) Prices Act would give the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) additional authority to negotiate for Medicare Part   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01) introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that condemns former President Trump's call to defund the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice. Earlier this month, former President Donald Trump called on Congress to defund the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice. Following this unprecedented attack on   more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The House Administration Subcommittee on Elections issued the following testimony by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose involving a hearing on March 10, 2023, entitled "2022 Midterms Look Back Series: Successes in the 2022 Midterm Elections": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony on the state of our elections and what Ohio is doing to keep moving the ball forward. Fair elections are the foundation of our democratic republic. They serve to document a  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release: Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and all Republican members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic are requesting the Embassy of the People's Republic of China make five Chinese scientists available for in-person, transcribed interviews related to the origins of COVID-19. Earlier this month, the Chinese  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), and Congresswoman Jennifer Kiggans (VA-02) re-introduced the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act. This bipartisan legislation would increase healthcare access, improve quality of care, and lower costs by removing the remaining barriers imposed by the federal government in   more

INSTITUTE, West Virginia, April 25 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) visited Institute to celebrate the completion and successful startup of US Methanol's first manufacturing facility in West Virginia. With an investment of more than $250 million and the initial creation of 54 jobs, the site is poised to provide 200,000 metric tons of the material annually to customers in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. S  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following statement and letter on April 24, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to initiate an investigation into the patterns and practices of the Akron Police Department (APD) following the death of Jayland Walker, a young Black man fatally shot by eight APD officers on June 27, 2022. "I write today, on behalf of  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03) and Congressman Mike Carey (R-OH-15) today announced the re-launch of the Congressional Civility and Respect Caucus. Originally established by Congresswoman Joyce Beatty and former Congressman Steve Stivers, the bipartisan Caucus' goal is to encourage all Members of Congress to act with civility and respect in their political discourse. Over the next year  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on April 24, 2023: * * * Helping Ohio Farmers Sell More in Ohio Communities In the Senate, I serve on two of the least partisan committees- the Agriculture Committee and the Veterans Affairs Committee. It's not a coincidence that those committees are also two of the most productive. These committees are the places where we work together to actually get things done, like writing a Farm Bill every five years -   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on April 24, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement regarding new proposed guidance from the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) on Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFI). "As too many families in Ohio and ac  more