WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the final Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rule issued by the Federal Reserve Board (Fed), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The new rule will modernize and strengthen implementat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that Ohio was awarded $153.6 million to help families and seniors pay home heating costs. The investment, from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will allow Ohioans to keep up with high energy costs and pay to heat their homes this winter. "We must make su  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME), and U.S. Representative Stacey Plaskett (D-V.I.) today introduced the Farm to School Act to get more fresh, locally grown foods in schools across the nation. Brown's bill would expand the farm to school program for school-aged children by making significant investments in the program. "Ohio farmers grow some of the best produce i  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 25 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2023: Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01) announced three Southwest Ohio Communities have been awarded federal roadway safety grants. The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Safe Streets and Roads for All grants to four Southwest Ohio communities: * City of Blue Ash - $120,000 * City of Franklin - $112,000 * City of Lebanon - $114,563 Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today on the Senate floor requested unanimous consent (UC) to schedule confirmation votes on two U.S. Attorney nominations being held by U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH)--Rebecca C. Lutzko, nominated to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of O  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Oct. 25, 2023: * * * Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01) released the following statement on the election of Congressman Mike Johnson as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives: Now that House Republicans have finally selected a Speaker, it's time for Congress to get back to work. We need pragmatic, bipartisan leadership now more than ever. We have to immediately fund our government, maintain critic  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) led all the Republicans on the Banking Committee in urging the Biden administration to confront the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) expanding footprint in the U.S. financial system and global payments market. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Kennedy (  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator JD Vance's (R-OH) amendment to the Senate minibus appropriations bill prohibiting the Department of Transportation from using any federal funds to enforce mask mandates passed in the Senate today. The final vote count was 59-38. The ban prevents the enforcement of federal mask mandates on passenger airlines, commuter rail, rapid transit buses, and any other transportation program funded  more