WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, released the following statement regarding sanctions against Russia, following Alexei Navalny's death in Russian custody and the second anniversary of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. "As we approach the second anniversary of Putin's brutal, criminal war, we cannot waiver in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes (OH-13) and Mike Carey (OH-15) recently introduced the Save Our Pedestrians Act, bipartisan legislation to help fund the building of new sidewalks to improve pedestrian safety in rural, urban, and suburban communities. "As more pedestrians are injured and killed while walking in crosswalks and on streets without sidewalks, the need to find commonsense solutions to allow  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) released the statement below after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will approve a request to allow summer month sales of E15 gasoline with high blends of ethanol. The expansion will have an effective date of April 28, 2025. The request was made in 2022 by the governors of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Sout  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 8, 2024, entitled "The Financial Stability Oversight Council Annual Report to Congress": * * * I call this hearing to order. Secretary Yellen has to leave at 11:30 for previous commitments, so we'll be strictly enforcing the five minute rule today. For a long time, it's been pretty clear what gets rewarded on Wall   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 23, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, released the following statement regarding sanctions against Russia, following Alexei Navalny's death in Russian custody and the second anniversary of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. "As we approach the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 1, 2024, entitled "Examining Scams and Fraud in the Banking System and Their Impact on Consumers": * * * The Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee will come to order. When consumers send money through an app or send a check in the mail, they are supposed to be able to trust that financial companies are prote  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: To mark two years since the start of Russia's unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine the bipartisan Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Congressman Mike Quigley (IL-05), and Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01) have introduced H.Res. 1014, a resolution commemorating the heroic sacrifices of the Ukrainian people since February 24  more