WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the bipartisan Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act, legislation that would expand research and raise awareness through public education programs to support women suffering from uterine fibroids. The legislation is named after the late U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones o  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded the confirmation of Kalpana Kotagal to serve as a commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Ms. Kotagal is a Cincinnati native and an accomplished employment and civil rights attorney who was nominated to fill a vacancy on the EEOC. Ms. Kotagal is a highly-respected attorney whose legal practice represented disenfranchised w  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on July 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consider Microsoft's novel, standard-setting labor neutrality principles when evaluating the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard proposed merger. Microsoft's labor neutrality agreement is an historic step forward in the tech industry and should serve as an example of the collaboration between American  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Brown (D-OH) introduced the Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2023 with Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Peter Welch (D-VT) to help ensure that produce grown by Ohio farmers is served in Ohio schools. The legislation requires that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) establish a permanent program for at least 14 participating states and school food authorities to help   more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), joined by U.S. Senators John Fetterman, Bob Casey (D-PA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), introduced the Organic Science and Research Investment Act. The bill would provide much needed support to help Ohio's organic farming industry address everything from production hurdles to water and soil man  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence passed the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (IAA) by a bipartisan voice vote. This legislation authorizes funding for the United States Intelligence Community (IC) and strengthens congressional oversight of the IC's methods of collecting and analyzing information. "China, Rus  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) delivers his opening statement during today's hearing with FTC Chair Lina Khan. Transcript: At a speech in Berlin in 2022, Chair Khan told an audience that the challenges facing anti-trust today were quote, "the result of a choice made 40 years ago to follow the misguided philosophy of people like Ro  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news on July 13, 2023: U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Peter Welch, D-Vt. today introduced legislation that would improve child nutrition by expanding access to locally-grown, unprocessed fruits and vegetables for school meal programs. "Getting kids fresh, healthy meals at school sets them up for success in the classroom," said Jayapal. "  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, Congressman Bob Latta's (R-OH5) legislation, the Helping Evaluate Appropriate Logistical Infrastructure for National Government (HEALING) Response Act, was approved by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. The bill will ensure the United States is prepared to mass produce medical countermeasures, such as medicines and medical supplies, in the case of a public health em  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on July 13, 2023: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Representative Josh Brecheen (R-OK) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra calling on him to abandon plans to use taxpayer dollars to provide healthcare to illegal aliens. The Senators wrote in response to a recently proposed HHS rule which would provide Medicaid, CHIP, and Affordable Care Act Marketplace access to illegal   more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: Today, Senator Mike Braun of Indiana and Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio introduced the American Food for American Schools Act, a bill to make sure American-made food is being served in school lunches, first introduced in the House by Congressman John Garamendi and Congressman Doug LaMalfa. "Our school lunch programs should be supporting American agriculture rather than importing food: it's saf  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senators JD Vance (R-OH), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) will introduce the Financial Regulatory Accountability Act to establish an Inspector General within the Treasury Department. The IG's office would oversee allegations of regulatory abuse and misconduct by financial regulators and kneecap the ability of regulators to push left-wing policy goals through the federal regulatory system by prohi  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Peter Welch, D-Vt., and U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., today introduced legislation that would improve child nutrition by expanding access to locally-grown, unprocessed fruits and vegetables for school meal programs. "Every child should have access to healthy, fresh meals, no matter their ZIP code or their family's income,"   more