WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging the administration to revise tariff exclusion rules previously approved for aluminum extrusion products. The letter details how the Department of Commerce's General Approved Exclusion Rules have placed unnecessary burdens on domestic aluminum manufacturers and   more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on June 7, 2023: * * * Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus - Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and Andy Harris (R-MD-01) - released the following statement on the breached Kakhovka Dam emergency. "The breaching of the Kakhovka Dam is a catastrophic humanitarian and environmental disaster. Communities which have already suffe  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $4,275,000 from the Department of Interior (DOI) for plugging and remediating orphaned oil and gas well sites located in the Monongahela National Forest and Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge. This funding was made poss  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) announced she has been confirmed as member of the House Aerospace Caucus for the 118th Congress: "Ohio is the 'Birthplace of Aviation,' and Ohio's 13th District continues to be a pioneer in the aviation and aerospace industry," saidRep. Sykes. "As a member of the bipartisan Aerospace Caucus, I am committed to growing our aerospace com  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Mark Kelly (D-Arizona), and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) today introduced the ONSHORE Act, bipartisan legislation that will help bring critical supply chains back to America by assisting communities of all sizes with the site development needed to attract manufacturing facilities. The U.S. faces a shortage of shovel-ready sites with the necessary infrastructure and wor  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, Senator JD Vance (R-OH), Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced the ONSHORE Act, bipartisan legislation that will help bring critical supply chains back to America by assisting communities of all sizes with the site development needed to attract manufacturing facilities. The U.S. faces a shortage of shovel-ready sites with the necessary infrastructure and workfo  more

DAYTON, Ohio, June 9 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that over $850,000 in federal funds have been awarded to local firefighters in the Southwest Ohio area. The Miami Valley Fire District and the City of Dayton, both in Turner's district, were allocated funds under the Department of Homeland Security's FY22 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG). Recipients are eligible to direct these fu  more