WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Photos and Video from Press Conference Available HERE Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) alongside U.S. Representatives Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) and Mike Carey (R-Ohio) reintroduced the Credit for Caring Act. This bill would provide up to   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Yesterday, Representatives Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), and Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), along with Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), introduced the bipartisan Housing Supply and Affordability Act. The bill would create a new Local Housing Policy Grant (LHPG) program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the hazardous train derailment in East Palestine, today U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) spoke on the Senate floor to recognize the resilience of the town, and continue the fight to hold Norfolk Southern accountable. Since the hazardous Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine on February 3, 2023, Brown has fought to make the community whole, hold the big railro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and a group of Senate colleagues are warning the Administration against granting Vietnam market economy status, telling Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo that there is significant evidence suggesting Vietnam does not meet the requirements to be designated a market economy and expressing significant concerns with the Department of Commerce's review of Vietnam's status as a no  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce the AFIDA Improvements Act of 2024, which would shine a light on foreign adversaries that buy up farmland in Ohio by strengthening the reporting and enforcement of foreign ownership of agricultural land in the United States. It would strengthen current law, which requires foreign persons who acquire, dispose of, or hold an i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Tuesday, January 30, Congressional Ukraine Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Andy Harris (MD-01) were joined by Ukraine Caucus Members Steny Hoyer (MD-05), John Garamendi (CA-08), Jim Costa (CA-20), Seth Magaziner (RI-02), and Madeleine Dean (PA-04) for a press conference at the United States Capitol to Kick off Ukrainian Week 2024. The week will c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today's subcommittee hearing about the changing sports media marketplace. "Sports have the unique ability to bring together individuals from different backgrounds and unite in su  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) today are calling on the White House to immediately authorize the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to prov  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today's hearing titled "Overseeing the Department of Health and Human Services' Compliance with Congress" by describing the relentless stonewalling and obstruction of the Select Subcommittee's investigations by the Department of Healt  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), announced that the The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) has been selected by the US Department of Energy to receive a $3 Million award to fund research of advanced electric melting in glass manufacturing. The research is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help move the nation toward a net-zero economy. The GMIC project was one of  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Production Quality Footage Available for Download Here WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Social Security Advisory Board Nominee Andrew Biggs made clear he's open to cutting Social Security in response to U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) questioning at the Senate Finance Committee Hearing. Brown has long fought to protect Social Security from the attacks that Biggs helped orchestrate as part of the Bush Administrat  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01) and Congresswoman Julia Letlow's (R-LA-05) bipartisan legislation to increase U.S. Small Business Administration support for child care small businesses unanimously passed out of a House committee. Congressman Landsman and Congresswoman Letlow's bipartisan Child Care Small Business Insight and Improvement Act has unanimously passed out of the Ho  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2023, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, renewed her call for Congress to pass the bipartisan Railway Safety Act. Sen. Cantwell led the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), issued the following joint statement to call for the passage of a clean, un-offset Israel aid package:"For months, Senate leadership has attempted to trade Ukraine aid for a bill that would secure America's border. If news reports are in any way accurate, that border negotiation is a complete policy failure. It's  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Max Miller (OH-07) today announced his appointment to the Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State. Congressman Miller was appointed by Speaker Mike Johnson, who may appoint two members of the 16-person body. The Commission was created by a provision in the fiscal year 2023 (FY23) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "From my time serving in the Trump Administration an  more