WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) will hold a hearing titled "Overseeing the Department of Health and Human Services' Compliance with Congress" to demand accountability from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after months of deliberate stonewalling and relentless attempts to evade the Se  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: Tuesday, January 23, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz hosted a press conference and groundbreaking with local and regional leaders from the Toledo-Lucas Port Authority, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes National Program Office, and the city of Toledo to break ground on construction to help restore  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2024: This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) joined Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI5), and 117 other colleagues in a bicameral letter to U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman calling for the withdrawal of the Biden Administration's proposed Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Jan. 26, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) released the following statement in response to the Biden administration's decision to halt all liquified natural gas (LNG) exports. "The Biden administration's move to halt natural gas exports is a direct hit to the United States' economy and energy security. Since Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the United States increased LNG exports to prov  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) has joined a bipartisan, bicameral effort build on progress made under President Biden to close the digital divide. Led by U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and U.S. Representatives Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), the Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act would provide   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: TALLMADGE, OH -- Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hosted an OH-13 Emergency Responders Grant Summit at the Summit Emergency Communications Center. The summit brought together local police and fire departments in Ohio's 13th Congressional District to learn about 2024 federal funding opportunities and how to access additional federal resourc  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: AKRON, OH -- Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) toured Alterra Energy, a plastics recycling company in Ohio's 13th Congressional District. During the tour, Rep. Sykes met with Alterra's leadership and workers to learn more about their efforts to turn discarded plastic into an infinite resource for renewed plastic that meets sustainability goals and minimizes reliance on fossil fuels for   more