WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Nov. 7, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Earl Blumenauer released the following statement on the passage of Ohio Issue 2, a ballot measure to legalize, regulate, and tax marijuana. With its passage, Ohio became the 24th state to legalize marijuana for adult use. "Cannabis reform is inevitable, but very hard work. From coast to coast, people from all political stripes have realized the importance of legalizin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 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 Ohio; and April M. Perry, nominated to be Unite  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) announced the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded multiple grants totalling more than $1.5 million to communities in Ohio's 13th Congressional District to hire and retain law enforcement officers and support community policing. "I'm excited to announce over $1.5 million in Community Oriented Policing funding will be coming back to Ohio's 13  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on Oct. 26, 2023, entitled "Combating the Networks of Illicit Finance and Terrorism": * * * This hearing will come to order. Earlier this month, the world watched in horror as Hamas committed brutal acts of terrorism against the people of Israel. Hamas murdered innocent women and men and children. They attacked teenagers at a music  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee issued the following statement on the passage of Ohio Issue 1, amending the State of Ohio's Constitution to give individuals the right to make and carry out their own reproductive decisions, including on abortion: "Tonight's election is a resound  more