WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: This week, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) alongside eight of their Senate colleagues introduced legislation to help small farms access federal conservation programs delivered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Colorado U.S. Representative Yadira Caraveo will int  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $20 million grant to the City of Toledo to improve transportation infrastructure. The investment was made possible through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Transportation Discretionary Grants program, which was scaled up in the Infrastructure  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $2,275,000 million grant to the City of Cincinnati to improve transportation infrastructure. The investment was made possible through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Transportation Discretionary Grants program, which was scaled up in the Inf  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $21.2 million loan to Arlington Valley Farms (AVF), the parent company of Innovation Food Service in Twinsburg. This Rural Development investment, through the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program, will be used to help Arlington Valley Farms purchase the land and buildings currently leased for their operatio  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded a $29,331,665 Low-No Grant to the Ohio Department of Transportation, on behalf of 10 subrecipients. This investment will support the Ohio Zero Emission Ready Ohio (OH-ZERO) project by allowing transit authorities across Ohio to replace older bus  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded two Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Transportation Discretionary Grants totaling $8,190,480 to two Northeast Ohio communities. This investment was made possible by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that Brown helped to write and pa  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the introductionof a resolution to secure legal protections for U.S. Senate staff to organize and collectively bargain. In 1996, the Office of Compliance and Workplace Rights ruled that the Senate needed to pass a resolution to provide congressional workers the legal right to unionize. This resolution would finally secure that right for U.S. S  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) alongside seven of their Senate colleagues introduced legislation to help small farms access federal conservation programs delivered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). "Small family farms are part of the fabric of Ohio communities and vital to our state's econom  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senate colleagues to introduce the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act, to ensure the vital database can continue, with additional resources. The registry, which was enacted in 2018 and officially went online earlier this year, is the largest effort undertaken to understand the risk of cancer among U.S. firefighters. The original legislation directed the Cen  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Greg Landsman (D-OH-1) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded one Buses and Bus Facilities Grant and a Low-No Grant totaling $14,299,332 to two transit authorities in Southwest Ohio. This investment will allow communities to upgrade facilities and replace olde  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (D-OH-13) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded two Buses and Bus Facilities Grants totaling $42,121,665 to two transit authorities in Northeast Ohio. This investment will allow communities to upgrade existing bus and operations facilities. This   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on June 23, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) announced the Select Subcommittee's first subpoena to compel the production of documents and communications from Dr. Kristian Anderson's privately owned Slack messaging channel. The Chairman is specifically seeking Slack messages related to the drafting, publication, and critical reception of the infamous   more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 24 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01) announced a $2.275 million federal grant for Westwood Northern Boulevard Corridor Plan. The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $2.275 million federal grant to the City of Cincinnati Department of Transportation and Engineering to conduct the Westwood Northern Boulevard Corridor Plan, which will identify strategies to ensure safer Com  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: This week, U.S. Rep. Max Miller (OH-07) joined other members of Congress in pressing the Department of State - yet again - for answers and accountability related to the overwhelming backlog in processing passports that U.S. citizens need for travel. In May, Rep. Miller and 193 other members sent a letter to the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs posing specific questions about the processi  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on June 23, 2023: * * * Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. WadeCongresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined colleagues from the House Democratic Caucus in calling for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to bring legislation restoring reproductive rights to the House floor for a vote. Congresswoman Brown and House Democrats have signed a discharge petition to bring the Women's Health  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release and letter: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Robert Flaherty, former Director of Digital Strategy for the Biden White House, demanding a transcribed interview as part of the Committee's investigation into the role the White House played in colluding with big tech companies and other intermediaries to censor disfavored speech. Publicly   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release and letter: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) announced the Select Subcommittee's first subpoena to compel the production of documents and communications from Dr. Kristian Anderson's privately owned Slack messaging channel. The Chairman is specifically seeking Slack messages  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: The U.S. House of Representatives today passed Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Chairman Warren Davidson's (R-OH) Middle-Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023. Under the Biden administration's Loan-Level Price Adjustment (LLPA) mortgage rule, responsible homebuyers with good credit are forced to subsidize th  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (OH-02) issued the following statement after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its 'Potential Links Between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Origin of the COVID-1  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on June 23, 2023: * * * Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) released the following statement following the conclusion of the National Transportation Safety Board's field hearings in East Palestine: "Over the past two days the NTSB has released over 5,000 pages detailing their investigation into the train derailment that occurred on Feb 3. Ultimately, it's not over for the people of East Palestine until the peop  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded a Bus Facilities Grants totaling$37,808,113 to the Akron Metropolitan Regional Transit Authority (METRO). This investment will allow communities to upgrade existing bus and operations facilities. "The Akron MET  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) issued a statement following the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) investigative hearing on the East Palestine derailment and subsequent hazardous material release and fire: "I am grateful to the NTSB for their extensive efforts to investigate the tragic derailment in East Palestine. This comprehensive safety investigation will inform policies   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: This week, U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) voted in support of federal funding for local Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services included in H.R. 4090, the Fire Grants and Safety Act of 2023, during a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing. "Firefighters are true champions of our communities, and local fire departments across Ohio's 13th Congres  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: As the nation approaches the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) joined her House Democratic colleagues in signing a discharge petition to immediately bring H.R. 12, the Women's Health Protection Act, to the House floor for a vote. "One year ago, the Supreme Court stripped away the constitutional right to abor  more

DAYTON, Ohio, June 24 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 23, 2023: Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that $4,492,904 in federal funds have been awarded to the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority to replace the roof and HVAC system at 600 Longworth Street in Dayton, Ohio. The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority, which serves communities within Montgomery County and parts of Greene County, was allocated funds under the Department o  more