WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) in reintroducing the Homes for Every Local Protector Educator and Responder (HELPER) Act to create a first-time homebuyer loan program administered by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) for teachers and first responders who have served at least four years in their respective role. "Our teachers, firefighters,   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) opened today's hearing on "Investigating Pandemic Immunity: Acquired, Therapeutic or Both" by asking why naturally acquired immunity was never considered in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman Wenstrup called attention to global research and data that quickly proved those who contracted COVID-19 had antibodi  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and other leaders of the Democratic Women's Caucus joined a press call with the U.S. Department of Labor to discuss the release of a report by the department's Women's Bureau on how caring for family has long-term impacts on a woman's lifetime earnings. Congresswoman Brown and fellow DWC Communications Co-Chair Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) and DWC Member Congresswoman Sus  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following joint statement on May 11, 2023, with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, on the passage of the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2): * * * "After months of meticulous work in our committees and hearing from Border Patrol agents, property owners, business owners and everyday Americans on th  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023, with Rep. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on the passage of the Secure the Border Act (H.R. 2): * * * "After months of meticulous work in our committees and hearing from Border Patrol agents, property owners, business owners and ever  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023, with Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, chair of the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials: * * * House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) released the following statement rebuking President B  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled "'Like Fire Through Dry Grass': Nursing Home Mortality & COVID-19 Policies" to gather facts about pandemic-era, nursing home policy decisions -- specifically in New York, New Jersey, and Penn  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today's hearing on "Investigating Pandemic Immunity: Acquired, Therapeutic or Both" by asking why naturally acquired immunity was never considered in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement after voting in support of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act. "President Joe Biden has made it unequivocally clear he does not take the crisis at the southern border seriously. Under his watch, drug cartels have free rein to conduct human and child trafficking and smuggle lethal drugs - like fentanyl - into our communities. Wh  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Congressman Max Miller, R-Rocky River, today voted for the Secure Our Border Act, a bill that takes broad and meaningful action to end the crisis at the US-Mexico border. The bill passed the House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon. Miller spoke in support of the bill during debate Wednesday night. "Joe Biden's border policies have allowed millions of people to illegally enter our country.   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) denounced House Passage of House Republicans' H.R. 2, the "Child Deportation Act." "Our immigration system is broken, and it does not meet the needs of immigrants, Dreamers, asylum seekers, businesses, or our communities," said Rep. Sykes. "My top priority as your Congresswoman is to keep communities in Ohio's 13th Congressional District saf  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) voted in favor of H.R. 1734, the TRANQ Research Act,of which she is a cosponsor,to combat the spread of novel synthetic opioids like Xylazine. "The opioid epidemic has devastated individuals, families, and communities across Ohio's 13th Congressional District, and the rise of synthetic opioids like 'tranq' has only made this crisis worse. To combat this pub  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following remarks on May 11, 2023: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Republican Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Congress  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following remarks on May 11, 2023: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Republican Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) has introduced a disapproval motion to nullify the DC Council's "Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022," an anti-policing measure that endangers the safety of Americans in the District of Columbia. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ted Budd (R-NC), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Rick Scott (R-FL) join as original co-sponsors. Senator Vance's disapproval m  more