WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $300,000 investment to the Village of East Palestine to purchase specialized equipment to assist in emergency response, hazard identification, and increase the response capacity of the local police and fire departments. Equipment that will be purchased includes a drone, two international dump trucks with plow attachments, a utility truck,   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, along with Senators Jon Tester (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs and a senior member of the Banking and Housing Committee, Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Banking and Housing Committee and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Service  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released a report titled "FISA Reauthorization: How America's Most Critical National Security Tool Must Be Reformed to Continue to Save American Lives and Liberty." The report was issued by the Majority FISA Working Group, comprised of Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10), Representatives Darin LaHood (  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Nov. 16, 2023: * * * Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee released the following statement following a call with Jordanian Ambassador to the United States Dina Kawar. During their conversation Congresswoman Kaptur and Ambassador Kawar stressed their shared prioritization of securing a durable peace in the conflict centered around a two-state   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2023: Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) reintroduced the Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act, alongside Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11). This bipartisan legislation restores the expired tax incentive, thus allowing developers to fully deduct the costs of environmental remediation of brownfields in the year the costs were incurred. Congressman Turner has championed   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 16, 2023: * * * U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement following reports of a toxic work culture at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). "The reports are extremely concerning. "I am calling for the FDIC's Office of the In  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, along with Senators Jon Tester (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs and a senior member of the Banking and Housing Committee, Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Banking and Housing Committee and  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This afternoon, Senator JD Vance (R-OH) sent a letter to President Biden urging against the implementation of special immigration protections for Palestinian aliens, a step that would create a "magnet for migration" to the United States. In the letter, Senators Vance, Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Rick Scott (R-FL) urge President Biden to neither authorize Deferred Enforced Departure  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Daniel Werfel, raising concerns that a recent investigation into the conservative watchdog group, the American Accountability Foundation (AAF), is politically motivated. In the letter, Senator Vance requests answers to a number of questions regarding the decision to target the AAF. The IRS has histo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D - Minn.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) signed onto a letter led by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D - Mass.) urging Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to create new rules requiring public companies to disclose their spending on lobbying efforts. Public companies are not  more