WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, announced 8 new investments totaling $5,800,658 to develop safety action plans and safety improvements to improve roads and prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries across Ohio. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the grants through the Safer Streets for All program. "  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $29,712,043 investment in the City of East Liverpool in Columbiana County to complete reconstruction of State Route 39 from Mulberry Street east to the Pennsylvania state line. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is delivering for Ohio by fixing and rebuilding roads across Ohio - including State Route 39," said Brown. The project includes   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for information and documents related to violent criminal aliens that have been allowed entry into the interior of the country or who may have entered illegally, due to the Biden Administration's open-borders policies. Since May 2023, the Com  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Nov. 30, 2023, entitled "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-Annual Report to Congress": * * * Welcome back, Director Chopra. Since the CFPB first opened its doors, we have had more than a decade of progress towards rooting out abuses and injustices for consumers in all types of markets, from mortgages to cred  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Nov. 14, 2023, entitled ""Oversight of Financial Regulators: Protecting Main Street Not Wall Street": * * * Today we'll hear testimony from the heads of the four federal agencies responsible for protecting our banking and credit union system and making sure it serves everyone: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve   more