WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on Norfolk Southern to fix the Lake Avenue Bridge in Cleveland following numerous complaints of falling concrete and cast iron and failed past repair efforts by Norfolk Southern. Of the 20 rail properties owned by Norfolk Southern in the Cleveland area, 16 of them show signs of decay, including rusting support beams and crumbling concrete. "On a recent visit t  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement after the introduction of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023: "For more than two years, President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have watched our southwe  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, May 3 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Susan Wild (PA-05), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-07), Shontel Brown (OH-11), and Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) held a virtual press conference to highlight work they are doing to prevent default by the United States on its debt obligations and to protect vital investments that lower costs and create better paying jobs. Last week, House Republicans passed a bill that i  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: Representative Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Susan Wild (PA-07), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), and Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) at a press conference to explain how House Democrats are working to prevent a default on the debt that would cause devastating impacts on working families in Ohio and Pennsylvania while protecting vital investments that lower costs and crea  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote a letter to Martin Gruenberg, Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), outlining concerns with Tellus, a nonbank "fintech" company that advertises high-interest savings accounts, despite not being insure  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled, "Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Community Resilience." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: This hearing  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) questioned witnesses during a subcommittee hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs regarding rural housing policies. "I want to focus on one of the under-discussed components of the housing crisis in our country today, and that is its connection to mass illegal immigration. And just to sort of put a fine point and explain where I'm coming from o  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 2, 2023: Representatives Michael Turner (OH-10), David Trone (MD-06), John Rutherford (FL-05) and Paul Tonko (NY-20) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Due Process Continuity of Care Act. The bill amends a portion of the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP), which denies Medicaid coverage to eligible individuals being detained pre-trial. Specifically, this bill is aimed at ensuring pretrial detaine  more