WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced AmeriCorps awarded a $1,563,539 grant to City Year in Columbus to support 70 AmeriCorps members provide full-day education services to third to tenth grade students in eight public schools to improve literacy and math. In addition to the awards announced today, AmeriCorps members supported by these awards are eligible for up to $482,650 in Segal AmeriCor  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that AmeriCorps has awarded $2,169,799 in State and National grants to three organizations in Southeast Ohio to support 138 AmeriCorps members. In addition to the awards announced today, AmeriCorps members supported by these awards are eligible for up to $715,009 in Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards to help pay for college, vocational training, or to pa  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that AmeriCorps has awarded $2,520,982 in State and National grants to two organizations in Cleveland to support 110 AmeriCorps members. In addition to the awards announced today, AmeriCorps members supported by these awards are eligible for up to $758,450 in Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards to help pay for college, vocational training, or to pay back s  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,989,847 grant to Baldwin Wallace University to establish a consortium of 15 higher education institutions to increase the number of students who complete their Bachelor of Science degrees in computer science to help meet workforce needs with a focus on underrepresented groups in computing. "We   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced AmeriCorps awarded a $229,355 grant to Mercy Health in Cincinnati to support 14 AmeriCorps members provide services related to the reduction and prevention of prescription drug and opioid abuse in urban and rural Mercy Health emergency departments in Ohio. In addition to the awards announced today, AmeriCorps members supported by these awards are eligi  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) met with Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw to relay the concerns and anger of Ohioans frustrated by recovery efforts following the February train derailment in East Palestine, and other derailments around the state. During the meeting, Brown also followed up on his letter earlier this week where he demanded the company fix the Lake Avenue Bridge in Cleveland followin  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to fix a system that could result in pay cuts for thousands of rural letter carriers. The system is slated to go into effect under a new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) policy, and Brown is calling on DeJoy to delay implementation until it is fixed. Brown voiced his concerns about the Rural Route Evaluated Compensation System (RREC  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 4, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and JD Vance (R-OH) in introducing the bipartisan Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act which would ensure that all goods sold online list their country-of-origin to protect Americans' right to know where the products they buy are made, and to promote American-made goods for online shoppers. "Ohioans want to buy pr  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) Central Rail Facility to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration has invested $130 million to replace GCRTA's aging rail cars. As Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, which has jurisdiction over public transportation,   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed top officials from the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) and the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) for documents and communications related to their coordinated efforts to demonetize and censor disfavored speech online. GARM and the WFA appear to facilitate collusion among their members in a m  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- 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 "Investigating Pandemic Immunity: Acquired, Therapeutic or Both" to examine the role COVID-19 vaccinations and naturally acquired immunity played in public health discussions and final government policies. Global va  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) and Congressman Dean Phillips (MN-03) recently introduced the School Access to Naloxone Act to reduce opioid overdose deaths amongst young Americans by providing support to local schools looking to procure and store naloxone for use by trained professionals in school settings. "The number of young Americans dying due to an overdose doubled in 2020, underscoring the reality that the o  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, May 6 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), introduced a bipartisan resolution proclaiming May 5 through May 14, 2023, as "National American Birding Week."Birding is a pastime that generates billions in economic benefits annually, but migratory bird populations face many threats to their survival. Annual birding events such as the "Biggest Week in American Birding", sponsored by the Bl  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH9) introduced a bipartisan resolution proclaiming May 5 through May 14, 2023, as "National American Birding Week." Birding is a pastime that generates billions in economic benefits annually, but migratory bird populations face many threats to their survival. Annual birding events such as the "Biggest Week in American Birding", sponsored by the   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 6 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) visited the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) Central Rail Facility with U.S. Senator Brown (D-OH) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Administrator Nuria Fernandez to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation's FTA has invested $130 million to replace GCRTA's aging rail cars. "Revitalizing our public transit systems is key to keeping our rider  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release and letter on May 5, 2023: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with Senators Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Edward Markey, D-Mass., called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to delay pay cuts for thousands of rural letter carriers slated to go into effect under a new U.S. Postal Service policy. The senators voiced concerns about the Rural Route Evalua  more