WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the below statement following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with the U.S. Senate. "Today, President Zelenskyy made clear that if the United States abandons Ukraine, Putin will win. Our support for Ukraine cannot waver. The political games must end. We need to come together across party lines to immediately pass aid to Ukraine, a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced The Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Act, legislation to protect food supply chains and prevent disruptions during disasters by providing support to cover disaster-related costs for farm, grocery, and meatpacking workers. Companion legislation is being introduced in the House of Representatives by  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- 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 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, called on the Biden Administration to detail its strategy to address the role the governments of China and Mexico play in illicit fentanyl trafficking. In a letter, Brown called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to lay out specific benchmarks for the administration's strategy f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- 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 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, urged the CEOs of the four largest consumer banks to proactively ensure that servicemembers receive the benefits they deserve. As Senator Brown said at last week's annual big bank accountability hearing, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) caps interest rates for active   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in pushing the Administration to take action to stop an unsustainable increase in Mexican steel imports. In a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Brown, Cotton, and their colleagues demanded the Administration set a clear deadline for Mexico to enforce its 2019 agreement with t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes (D-OH-13) and Max Miller (R-OH-7) introduced the NASA Talent Exchange Program Act to spur innovation and foster partnership between the aerospace industry and NASA by assigning NASA employees to temporary industry posts and welcoming industry professionals into NASA for short term positions.  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In Case You Missed It: Last week, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject three proposed EPA rules that would dramatically undermine America's steel industry, hurt Ohio steel manufacturers and steelworkers, and ship Ohio steel jobs overseas. In a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Brown a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) this weekend authored an op-ed with former U.S. Representative Tim Ryan (D-Ohio-13) for MSNBC making the case for a new economic vision that recognizes the importance of leisure and free time. Thanks in part to longer work hours and wages that haven't kept up with living standards, Americans have fewer hours to spend with friends and family, engage in hobbies, an  more