WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Congressman Bob Latta's (R-OH5) legislation, the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act, advanced through the House Energy and Commerce Committee and now awaits consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives. Latta is co-leading the legislation with Reps. John Joyce (R-PA13), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL12), and Jay Obernolte (R-CA23). On August 25, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on the big three auto companies, General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford Motor Company, to negotiate in good faith to reach a fair outcome that folds in workers at all joint venture electric vehicle battery facilities into the national UAW contract. This letter follows the announcement in December that workers at the Ultium Cells battery   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the Whole Farm Revenue Protection Program Improvement Act of 2023, to ensure that small and mid-sized farms are able to access crop insurance. Right now, a few small to mid-sized, beginning, specialty crop, and diversified producers   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) reintroduced a Senate Resolution to declare racism a public health crisis. Brown first introduced the legislation in July 2020, and reintroduced it again in April 2021 and December 2022. "This resolution is an important step toward recognizing the racial disparities in healthcare that have existed for far too   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Gary Peters (D-MI), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced bipartisan legislation to fight drug shortages by building and maintaining reserves of critical medications and their key ingredients, and reducing reliance on foreign drug manufacturers. The Rolling Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient and Drug (RAPID) Reserve Act would require the U.S. Departmen  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following statement after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation proposed stronger capital requirements for big banks. "Strong capital requirements help banks lend and invest in their communities in good times an  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) opened today's hearing titled "Because I Said So: Examining the Science and Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates" by highlighting the Biden Administration's abuse of executive power when it imposed mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations on millions of Americans without considering patient-physician relationships or medical f  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 28 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase employment opportunities for veterans in federal agriculture jobs. As a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Congressman Landsman has partnered with Congressman Max Miller (R-OH-07) and Congressman Mike Levin (D-CA-49) to introduce bipartisan legislation to increase employment opportunit  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, Congressman Max Miller (OH-07) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase employment opportunities for veterans in federal agriculture jobs. Congressman Max Miller has partnered with Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01) and Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49) to introduce bipartisan legislation to increase employment opportunities for veterans at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the field  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) to introduce legislation to ensure the safety and health of workers who are exposed to dangerous heat conditions in the workplace. The Asuncion Valdivia Heat Stress Injury, Illness, and Fatality Prevention Act is named Asuncion Valdivia who died in 2004 after picki  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), joined by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), today introduced bipartisan legislation to rein in abuse of the farm payment system and ensure taxpayer support is targeted to those actively engaged in farming. The Farm Program Integrity Act would create a hard cap of $250,000 in total commodity support for any one farm operation and require beneficiaries of the syste  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today's hearing titled "Because I Said So: Examining the Science and Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates" by highlighting the Biden Administration's abuse of executive power when it imposed mandatory COVID-19 vaccina  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Dave Joyce's (OH-14) Safe Harbor Equal Access amendment passed the House of Representatives as a part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. The amendment was also introduced by Representatives Brian Mast (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Barbara Lee (D-CA) and cosponsored by Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Jim McGovern (D-MA).  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced two pieces of legislation to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce the rate of stillbirths in the United States. The Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act, introduced alongside Representatives Young Kim (CA-40), Kathy Castor (FL-14), and Robin Kelly (IL-02), aims to prevent stillbirth through enhanced data collection, research, educatio  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter on July 27, 2023: Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) in calling on the big three auto companies, General Motors, Stellantis, and Ford Motor Company, to negotiate in good faith to reach a fair outcome that folds in workers at all joint venture electric vehicle battery facilities into the national UAW contract. This letter follows the announcemen  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) in reintroducing a Senate Resolution to declare racism a public health crisis. Brown first introduced the legislation in July 2020, and reintroduced it again in April 2021 and December 2022. "This resolution is an important step toward recognizing the racial disparities in h  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) in announcing legislation to ensure the safety and health of workers who are exposed to dangerous heat conditions in the workplace. The senators' bill, the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Stress Injury, Illness, and Fatality Prevention Act, is named in honor  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: The House Financial Services Committee today passed the Financial Innovation and Technology (FIT) for the 21st Century Act to provide clarity for the digital asset ecosystem and create consumer protection. Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) cosponsored the FIT for the 21st Century Act and serves as Vice Chair for the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion. "The status q  more

AKRON, Ohio, July 28 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) announced the National Science Foundation Award to the University of Akron in the amount of $435,293 to support the project entitled: Ultrasensitive, Rapid, Amplification-Free RNA Virus Detection Using Nanodimer-Based Nucleic Acid Target Sequence Recognition. "As a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and a proud product of the  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) announced the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted to pass her amendment to H.R. 4877, the Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act, out of committee. Rep. Sykes's amendment requires the U.S. Secretary of Energy to ensure research and remediation efforts for abandoned oil and gas wells are coordinated among institutions of   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) issued a statement after voting against H.R. 4366, House Republican legislation which worsens the quality of life for servicemembers and their families and undermines military readiness. "Our servicemembers and veterans have sacrificed greatly to serve our country, and they deserve our utmost support in return for their service. While  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Strong Sykes (OH-13) announced the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee voted to pass her amendment to H.R. 4755, the Privacy Enhancing Technology Research Act, out of committee. Rep. Sykes's amendment will support research to protect Americans from being tracked electronically without their consent. While Bluetooth tagging devices are intended to track property, not  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Today, Representatives Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Larry Buschon (R-IN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Kim Schrier (D-WA) reintroduced the Value in Health Care Act, a bipartisan bill that will make commonsense changes to the program parameters of Medicare's Alternative Payment Models (APMs) to incentivize participation in Accountable Care Organizations (ACO).  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and letter: On Friday, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and J.D. Vance (R-OH), advocated to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg in support of Ohio's regional banks. Following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the FDIC   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on July 27, 2023: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following statement after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation proposed stronger capital requirements for big banks. "Strong capital requirement  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) has introduced legislation to crack down on illegal visa overstays. According to estimates by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), there are nearly 700,000 visa overstays each year. The Timely Departure Act would create a visa bond system requiring non-immigrant visa recipients to deposit a sum of money into a holding account with DHS before entering the United States. That mone  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Senator JD Vance (R-OH) issued the following statement after voting against the Senate's version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): "I've worked in good faith throughout this process to secure as many wins for Ohio as possible, and I'm proud that many of those priorities have been included in the final version of the NDAA," said Senator Vance. "However, I cannot in good conscience support  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) followed through on his promise to hold nominees to the Biden administration's Department of Justice (DOJ). Senator Vance originally announced his hold policy in June in response to the Biden DOJ's unprecedented political prosecution of President Donald J. Trump. In an objection to an effort by Senate Democrats to confirm a DOJ nominee by unanimous consent, Senator Vance   more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: This week, Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Representative Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), members of the House Committee on Ways and Means, announced their legislation, the Protecting Patients from Middlemen Act passed out of the full committee as part of the Health Care Price Transparency Act of 2023. This legislation would prohibit prescription drug plans and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (P  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: Tonight, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) highlighted the successful passage of their microchip manufacturing permitting reform bill, the Building Chips in America Act, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Th  more