WASHINGTON, May 31 -- 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 30, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) received confirmation today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has finally agreed to allow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky to publicly testify on June 13,   more

DAYTON, Ohio, May 31 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) held a press conference at the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office to discuss the Due Process Continuity of Care Act, bipartisan legislation that he introduced with Congressmen David Trone (MD-06), John Rutherford (FL-05) and Paul Tonko (NY-20). This bill would make certain that pretrial detainees receiving substance abuse treatment can continue such routines, reducing the rate  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, chair of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Members sent a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOT) requesting information about the research, development, and technology (RD&T) efforts being made to improve the transportation of hazardous material by rail in the aftermath of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment. The lette  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- 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 16, 2023, entitled "Examining the Failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank": * * * In the days after the run on Silicon Valley Bank, when it was closed by the California banking regulators and taken over by the FDIC, many in Washington and New York and California asked--how did this bank, and Signature Bank s  more