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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Tuesday August 08, 2023 ( 3 items )  

Brown Announces Sixth Women's Leadership Summit in Toledo
TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that he will host the sixth Women's Leadership Summit along with several Ohio community partners at Glass City Center on September 9th. The theme of this year's event is Uplift. Empower. Transform. The one-day program will shine a light on the good work women are doing across Ohio to uplift their communities, and provide opportunities for netw  more

Brown Pushes Biden Administration to Declare East Palestine Derailment a Disaster
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter on Aug. 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown today urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to declare the East Palestine derailment a federal disaster. In a letter to President Joe Biden and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, Brown called on FEMA to approve Governor DeWine's Major Disaster Declaration request to unlock additional resources from the federal government that can help address  more

Cortez Masto, Mullin, Matsui, Johnson Introduce Legislation to Expand Access to Health IT for Behavioral Health Providers
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) and Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) introduced the Behavioral Health Information Technology (BHIT) Coordination Act to improve coordination of mental and physical health care by supporting behavioral health providers' efforts to adopt health information technology (IT) systems.  more