WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs took to the Senate floor to speak on Dr. Jared Bernstein's nomination to lead the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). The Senate confirmed Bernstein by a vote of 50-49. Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: I urg  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release and letter on June 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today led a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling on him to appoint a special counsel to investigate any wrongdoing by President Biden and his family in their business dealings. Senators J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) joined Senator Blackburn as co-signers on the letter. Garland Has Weaponized The DOJ And Cr  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,076,472 grant to the University of Cincinnati for research on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. "We unleash more American innovation when we nurture Ohio talent," Brown said. "This award will help University of Cincinnati students advance our knowledge and continue Ohio's leader  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,499,602 grant to The Ohio State University for research on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. "We unleash more American innovation when we nurture Ohio talent," Brown said. "This award will help The Ohio State University students advance our knowledge and continue Ohio's leadersh  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $2,496,445 grant to Case Western Reserve University for research on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. "We unleash more American innovation when we nurture Ohio talent," Brown said. "This award will help Case Western Reserve University students advance our knowledge and continue Ohi  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on June 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) urged the State and Commerce Departments to warn American businesses still operating in Russia that they could indirectly and inadvertently be funding Putin's invasion of Ukraine - and putting themselves at legal risk. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials issued the following testimony by Patrick O'Loughlin, president and CEO at the Buckeye Power Inc. and Ohio Rural Electric Cooperatives, involving a hearing on June 6, 2023, entitled "Clean Power Plan 2.0: EPA's Latest Attack on America's Electric Reliability." EPA is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Tonko, and members of the Subc  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology issued the following written testimony by Woof Boom Radio President Jerry "J" Chapman, on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters, involving a hearing on June 6, 2023, entitled "Listen Here: Why Americans Value AM Radio": * * * I. Introduction Good morning, Chairman Latta, Ranking Member Matsui, and members of the subcommittee. My name is J Chapman, and I am the president and owner of  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) announced she has joined legislative efforts by House Democrats to force consideration of three commonsense gun safety bills which would make our communities safer and help reduce gun violence. The three bills include H.R. 698, the Assault Weapons Ban, H.R. 715, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, and H.R. 2403, the Enhanced Backg  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 13, 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, "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-Annual Report to Congress." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow: Welcome back, Director  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Following the unprecedented political prosecution of Donald J. Trump by President Biden's Department of Justice, Senator JD Vance (R-OH) issued the following statement regarding his intent to hold all future nominations to the DOJ: "Donald Trump is merely the latest victim of a Department of Justice that cares more about politics than law enforcement. Merrick Garland's department harasses Christ  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) questioned CFPB Director Chopra during a hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-Annual Report to Congress regarding the regulatory system failures that led to the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse: Senator Vance: "The Fed is both an over burdensome regulator, but also a very ineffective regulator, that they take up a lot of time and don't actually do a whole lot to make the  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Today, Senators JD Vance (R-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure taxpayer-funded technologies are manufactured in the United States. While current law requires federally-funded inventions to be manufactured in the United States, the requirement is often waived, allowing cutting-edge, taxpayer-funded technologies to be licensed to foreign companies and manufactu  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 13, 2023: Today, Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) together with Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), introduced the Foreign Adversary Gain-of-Function Research Prevention Act of 2023. This bill would ban direct and indirect Federal funding for Gain-of-Function (GOF) research activities conducted by foreign adversaries of the United States, including China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. Any entity found to be in violation  more