WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Download Production Quality Footage HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) honored Larry Doby, the first African American to play in the American League when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947, with the Congressional Gold Medal, for his career and contributions to the American Civil Rights Movement. Brown successfully fought to pass the legislation to award the medal in 2018. "  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: 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  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: 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 Ser  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Jack Reed (D-RI), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), called on Venmo to adopt new policies to reimburse consumers who get scammed, and make it easier for users to report scams and fraud on Venmo. This new letter comes as instant payment platform Zelle has taken new steps to reimburse cu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Jack Reed (D-RI), a senior member of the Banking and Housing Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), called on Venmo to adopt new policies to reimburse consumers who get scammed, and make it easier for users to report scams and fra  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), a member of the Banking and Housing Committee, urged Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler to act quickly on new rules to improve human capital disclosure by public companies. The SEC's fall 2023 regulatory agenda suggests the "  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), a member of the Banking and Housing Committee, urged Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler to act quickly on new rules to improve human capital disclosure by public companies. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) 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, Cotton, Brown, and their colleagues demanded the administration set a clear deadline for Mexico to enforce its 2019 agreement with the United   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) announced that the U.S. Senate passed the final version of this year's bipartisan Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the country's annual national defense bill, with key Brown-backed provisions that will deliver for Ohio military installations and the communities that support them. This final version of the bill was negotiated  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: 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 United States Attorn  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee released the following statement following a meeting on Tuesday, December 12 with Lebanese Charge D'Affaires to the United States Wael Hachem. "In order to achieve a meaningful and lasting peace in this region, we must express a deeper understanding and sympathy for all individuals who have been painfully  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Dec. 13, 2023: * * * Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01) released the following statement on House Republicans' decision to spend the final legislative days of 2023 voting on legislation to allow whole milk in schools and impeach the president: On the second to last day of voting for the year, with so many critical votes that we should be taking, they're bringing to the floor bills on whole milk an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: Today, U.S. Representatives Max Miller (OH-07) and Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (OH) and Marco Rubio (FL) introduced the bipartisan NASA Talent Exchange Program Act to spur innovation and foster partnership between the aerospace industry and NASA. It will assign NASA employees to temporary industry posts and welcome industry professionals into NASA for short term positions  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) hosted "Call With Your Congresswoman" to discuss her work to lower costs for people in Ohio's 13th Congressional District. Rep. Sykes was joined by Matthew Davis, VP of Federal Policy for the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), and Nolan Rutschilling, Managing Director of Energy Policy for the Ohio Environmental Council. Rep. Sykes  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) released the following statement after Congressional Republicans passed a resolution yesterday to authorize its sham impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden: "People in Ohio's 13th Congressional District are tired of divisive, partisan politics. They sent me to Congress to lower costs and grow the middle class, not engage in completely unfounded, partisan im  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with U.S. Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill) and Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), introduced a bicameral and bipartisan resolution expressing the United States' support for the peaceful democratic and economic aspirations   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Max Miller (OH-07), along with U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), 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 t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) introduced the Protecting Against Paperless and Electronic Requirements (PAPER) Act. This legislation prohibits banks from forcing customers to use electronic bank statements instead of paper statements. "Our country's financial institutions have an obligation to ensure that Americans can reasonably utilize the banking services they need, and this legis  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Representative Emilia Sykes's (OH-13) bipartisan H.R. 4097, the Mental Health Improvement Act, as part of H.R. 4531, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act. The Mental Health Improvement Act wouldextend the authorization for the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program, which provides t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: Today, Rep. Brad Wenstrup voted in favor of a resolution establishing a formal impeachment inquiry to determine whether there are sufficient grounds for the House to impeach President Joe Biden. This resolution authorizes the House Oversight, Ways and Means, and Judiciary Committees to continue their existing investigations and establishes procedures for the three committees to collect eviden  more