COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) spoke at the 91st Annual Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Columbus. During his remarks, Brown discussed his bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023 which will help to prevent future train disasters like the derailment that devastated East Palestine, Ohio and his bipartisan Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, a sanc  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and a group of 46 bipartisan colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm, expressing concerns that a new rule proposed by DOE will place further stress on the already exacerbated electric power industry and supply chains. The proposed Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Tr  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release and letter on June 1, 2023: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) just sent a letter to the Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO) reiterating requests for documents and communications related to the Committee's investigation into censorship of disfavored speech. After Stanford refused to voluntarily comply, the Committee subpoenaed SIO on April 12, 2023, for r  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release and letter on June 1, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is insisting upon transparency and cooperation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as it has continued to stonewall legitimate Congressional oversight for the past two months. Chairman   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release and letter on June 1, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is requesting two, unredacted documents from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to further assist in the Select Subcommittee's investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the Communist Part  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: This week, U.S. Congressmen Dave Joyce (OH-14) and Jared Golden (ME-02) introduced the Limiting the Intrusive Bureaucracy and Empowering Regulatory Transparency for You (LIBERTY) Act. The legislation would require economically significant guidance documents issued by the Executive Branch to adhere to the same oversight standards subjected to rules and regulations, ensuring that guidance documents g  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representatives Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) reintroduced the bipartisan Social Security Child Protection Act. The bill would direct the Social Security Administration to issue a new Social Security number to a child under the age of 14 if that child's Social Security card was stolen while being sent. This comes after the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee held a hearing on the Socia  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on June 2, 2023: * * * Senator JD Vance (R-OH) issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act. "I had hoped we could improve this deal through the amendment process, but the reality is this bill was beyond saving," said Senator Vance. "Ohioans have suffered long enough from the inflation caused by the Biden administration's out of control budget, and this bill simply does noth  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on June 2, 2023: U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today joined Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and a bipartisan group of colleagues in introducing the Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act, legislation that would enable federal regulators to claw back compensation from bank executives who are responsible fo  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.), all members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, joined Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Josh Hawley (R-M  more