WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: To mark National Fentanyl Awareness Day, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), the committee's ranking member, highlight the rapidly growing support for the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act. Chairman Jack  more

MANSFIELD, Ohio, May 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following remarks on May 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) delivered the commencement address at North Central State College's 2023 spring commencement. More than 250 students graduated during the ceremony in Brown's hometown of Mansfield. North Central State College awarded Brown an honorary degree during the commencement ceremony. Brown was born and raised in Mansfield, where he earned his Eagle Scout award, walked t  more

NORWALK, Ohio, May 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable and press availability at VFW Post 2743 in Norwalk to discuss new health care and disability benefits for veterans who have been harmed by toxic exposure while serving in the military. Veterans are now eligible for these benefits due to Brown's bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act o  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) spoke with students and manufacturing, education, and community partners at the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network's (MAGNET) manufacturing careers exploration event for Ohio high schoolers that his office worked to organize. Brown was joined by students Taliyah Weaver, Michael Hudson, Kayla Rayford, Noah Mattox, and Samuel Jimenez. "Manufacturing is one  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 13 -- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Maryland, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) released a letter he sent on Saturday, April 29, 2023, to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan urging the Administrator to reject Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation's ("Norfolk Southern") resurrected plan to treat wastewater from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment in Baltimore and seeking a meeting with the Adm  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Following urging from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided detailed information about the domestic content bonus under the Inflation Reduction Act for clean energy projects and facilities that meet American manufacturing and material sourcing requirements. This guidance follows a letter Brown led arguing that tax credits must prioriti  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 12, 2023: * * * Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) released the following statement after voting in favor of the Secure the Border Act of 2023. "I have visited with CBP officers and agents along the southwest border, questioned Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas in committee hearings, and listened to concerns from families in my district. "What I've seen and heard has confirmed that there is an u  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) voted 'no' on House Republicans' H.R. 1163,the "Surprise Billing Our Workers Act." H.R. 1163 will allow states to send surprise bills to workers for unemployment benefits overpayments during the pandemic for as long as 10 years after an accidental overpayment occurred. The legislation also outsources American public service jobs an  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) voted in favor of H.R. 1163, the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act, which passed the House by a vote of 230-200. This legislation would incentivize states to recover fraudulent unemployment payments by allowing them to retain 25 percent of fraudulent federal funds recovered. These recovered funds would be available for states to improve their unemploy  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023 : Yesterday, Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) joined Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) to introduce the bipartisan Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023 to support the financing of more affordable housing by expanding and strengthening the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit), our country's most successful affordable housing program. If enacted,  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held an executive session to vote on the nominations of: Dr. Jared Bernstein, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President; Dr. Ron Borzekowski, of Maryland, to be Director of Financ  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement after President Biden announced The Honorable Philip Jefferson for Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, Dr. Adriana Kugler for Governor of the Federal Reserve, and the renomination of The Honorable Li  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 11, 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, "Examining Cannabis Banking Challenges of Small Businesses and Workers." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: Thank you to Senators Merkle  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on May 4, 2023, entitled "Holding Executives Accountable After Recent Bank Failures": * * * Most Americans who put their money in a bank should trust that it will be safe. They shouldn't have to give it a second thought. That money isn't just sitting in the bank vault collecting dust. Working Americans lend their hard-earned  more