WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This evening, all 51 Senate Democrats voted to block a $14.3 billion aid package for Israel. Senate Republicans, led by Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS), JD Vance (R-OH), and others, made a motion to proceed to the House-passed Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. By voting to table Senate Republicans' motion, Senate Democrats have again decided to block urgent aid to Israel. Senate D  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., Mark Warner, D-Va., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Tim Scott, R-S.C., called on U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure Chinese companies aren't evading U.S. laws against forced labor and costing American jobs, by stepping up oversight and enforcement pro  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss his successful efforts to protect Ohio workers by pushing the Biden administration to drop the trade pillar from its proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), an agreement being negotiated among thirteen countries in the Pacific region. "I've made it very clear that the trade portion of the Indo-Pacific  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led a bipartisan group of colleagues from the Ohio congressional delegation in calling on U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to support Intel's application for funding for their Ohio project through the CHIPS Program. U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) and U.S. Representatives Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3), Troy Balderson (R-OH-12), Shontel Brown  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: As part of the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) today are calling on Kevin Morris to appear for a transcribed int  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued the following testimony by Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, at a member day hearing on Nov. 9, 2023, on diversity and inclusion in financial system: * * * Good morning, Chair McHenry and Ranking Member Waters. Thank you for hosting this Member Day Hearing. I am testifying today about the importance of diversity and inclusion in our financial system and the need for this matter to be seriously considered by the Committee. As you kn  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's National Intelligence Enterprise Subcommittee held a joint hearing with the Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, & Intelligence yesterday on countering terrorism in a shifting geopolitical landscape. The subcommittees, chaired respectively by Congress  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, released the following statement after leading a letter of House members to EPA Administrator Michael Regan requesting the agency withdraw its latest proposed standards for particulate matter (P.M.): Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA typically reviews P.M. 2.5 standards  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) issued a statement on H.R. 6363, legislation to keep the government funded until January 19, 2024: "Our most basic duty as members of Congress is to keep the federal government running for the people we have the privilege of serving. That's why I voted today in favor of this continuing resolution to keep the government open and working for the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sent a letter to Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging him to issue rules requiring public companies to disclose their lobbying expenditures. Corporate lobbying expenditures are reaching record highs, but   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: November 15, 2023 Warren, Banking Committee Colleagues Call on SEC to Require Disclosure of Corporate Lobbying Expenditures to Increase Transparency and Fight Dark Money "A company's lobbying activity is of material importance to its investors, and it is past time for the SEC to require strong disclosure rules to ensure that investors have access to that information." Washington, D.C. -- Today,  more