WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Yesterday, Congresswoman Beatty reintroduced the Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act to require consideration of at least one person of color and one gender-diverse candidate for each presidential vacancy at a Federal Reserve Bank. Of the more than 140 individuals who have served as president of the 12 Federal Reserve Regional Banks, only three have been people of color, and just nine have been wome  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, hosted a news conference call with Larry Moore, Executive Director of the Summit County Veterans Service Commission, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Ohio State Legislative Chairman, to discuss new legislation to prevent veterans and servicemembers using Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the below statement following the U.S. International Trade Commission's (ITC) negative determination that will hurt Ohio steelworkers and Ohio's tin mill industry. Brown testified before the ITC on behalf of Ohio steelworkers, urging them to extend anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) to ensure the industry gets sufficient relief from the unfair trade practi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined 23 of his Great Lakes colleagues from the House and Senate to introduce the bipartisan Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2024. It would continue the mission to keep the Great Lakes healthy for businesses and families by cleaning up and preventing pollution, and protecting coastline.  The legislation will help ensure clean drinking water for Ohioans by protectin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, along with Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Mark Warner (D-VA) urged President Joe Biden to increase funding for export control administration and enforcement. In a letter to the President, the Senators emphasized the Bureau of Industry and Security's (BIS) importance to national securi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on his colleagues to support the national security package that would secure the southern border and help keep fentanyl out of Ohio communities. "When it comes to the border and the fentanyl crisis, Washington has failed over and over again. Ohioans cannot afford to wait any longer. The time for action is now - Congress needs to put politics aside and come together to p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the following statement on the Senate's failure to move forward with the bipartisan national security deal, which would have helped secure the border and prevent fentanyl from coming into the country: "This bipartisan deal would have taken dramatic steps to secure the border and stop fentanyl from coming into this country, and provided law enforcement the tools they n  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio), and Oversight Committee Republicans are continuing to investigate the Biden Administration's delivery of U.S. taxpayer-funded assistance to Ukraine. Following an Inspector General report revealing the Department of Defense (DoD) has failed to tr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Tuesday, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and her colleagues on the bipartisan Great Lakes Task Force introduced the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2024. This bipartisan legislation will reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which is set to expire at the end of FY 2026, for another five years through FY 2031. The bill increases the current authorization level fro  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: This week, as a member of the Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) participated in a hearing to examine the Biden administration's U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export ban and how it threatens America's energy and economic security. Latta also joined more than 150 House Republicans in sending a letter (https://latta.house.gov/uploadedfiles/  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: The House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim staff report titled, "The Weaponization of the National Science Foundation: How NSF is Funding the Development of Automated Tools to Censor Online Speech 'At Scale' and Trying to Cover Up its Actions." The report details the National Scien  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (OH-01) released the following statement after offering an amendment to Israel funding legislation that would have added funding for Ukraine, Palestinian humanitarian aid, and Taiwan: Before the vote this week in the U.S. House of Representatives on legislation to provide $17.6 billion in funding for Israel, Congressman Landsman offered an amendment to the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) today released the transcript from the committees' transcribed interview with Carol Fox, a trustee for Americore's bankruptcy proceedings. The full transcript can be found here. Background:   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on Feb. 7, 2024: Nearly everyone in Ohio has a fentanyl story - it may be in your own family, it may be a neighbor, it may be a coworker. They're stories of families torn apart. Of parents losing teenagers before they graduate high school. Of grandparents stepping in to raise grandchildren. We've all lost someone, or know someone who's lost someone. It's a crisis that cuts across all geographic lines, and certainl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment and subsequent chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio: "One year ago, the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train led to the release of  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) joined a number of his Republican colleagues at a press conference to blast the recently introduced Ukraine-border security bill. Watch Senator Vance's remarks here (https://youtu.be/5rwuZUr41gQ) and read a transcript below. Senator Vance on the deal failing to force Biden and Mayorkas to secure the border: "If you're going to actually vote to enact border policy, you're going to take a   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator JD Vance (R-OH) joined Steve Bannon's War Room to discuss the latest push by Senate leadership to force a vote on a foreign aid supplemental, which would provide over $60 billion of funding for Ukraine, following the recent Ukraine-"border security" bill failure. Watch the full interview here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTFw4rhTnh0) and read excerpts below. Senator Vance on the establishment's obses  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Today, members of the Great Lakes Task Force - led by Senators JD Vance and Debbie Stabenow in the Senate and Representatives David Joyce, Marcy Kaptur, Bill Huizenga, and Debbie Dingell in the House - introduced the bipartisan Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2024, which extends this critical program for another five years through 2031, and increases annual authorization levels from $475   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) released the following statement on the passage of H.R. 485, the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act, bipartisan legislation he co-led to protect individuals with chronic illnesses and disabilities from discrimination. This legislation would prohibit the use of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in all Federal programs: "As a physician, I believe it is   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introduced the bipartisan Initiating Imperative Reporting on Anomalous Health Incidents Act, or IIR on AHI Act. This bill directs the Secretary of Defense to provide the House and Senate Armed Services Committees a briefing on anomalous health incidents (AHI), also known as "Havana Syndrome." They were joined by Rep. Rick Crawfo  more