WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Shrinkflation Prevention Act to crack down on corporations that raise costs on Americans by reducing the size of their products without also lowering prices. "Americans are forced to pay for corporate stock buybacks and executive bonuses every time they go to the grocery store. And corporations are always finding new ways to charge people more to increase their  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is pressing the Biden Administration to support U.S. manufacturing of strategic solar components. Brown today joined colleagues in pressing the Biden administration to ensure domestic production of wafers and polysilicon is properly incentivized through the Inflation Reduction Act's bonus tax credit for domestic content, as intended by Congress, to help American solar manufac  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the administration's new actions to lower cost and boost the supply of affordable housing. "At a time when housing is unaffordable for too many families, these actions will help to bring down housing costs and expand housing options, including through a program I urged the Administra  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Protecting American Households From Rising Energy Costs Act, legislation that would ban the export of crude oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG) to our biggest adversaries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. "We should not allow American liquid natural gas to fuel China's state-sponsored industries. The Chinese Communist Party uses tha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, as the application deadline for the next round of consideration for the Regional Tech Hub program closes, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on the administration to support the Sustainable Polymers Tech Hub in Akron. Brown led U.S. Representatives Max Miller (R-OH-07), Emilia Sykes (D-OH-13), Shontel Brown (D-OH-11), Mike Carey (R-OH-15), Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03), and David Joyce (R-OH-14) in a let  more

WASHINGTON, March 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) will hold a hearing titled "Examining the White House's Role in Pandemic Preparedness and Response" to discuss the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy's (OPPR) role in responding to and preventing future pandemics. The OPPR   more

WASHINGTON, March 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) is investigating possible undue interference on the accelerated approval of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). During the Select Subcommittee's hearing titled "Assessing America's Vaccine Safety System  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss his bipartisan work with U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) to push the Biden Administration to take executive action to close a key loophole that foreign competitors like China exploit to avoid paying duties and fees to unfairly compete with American businesses, known as the "de minimis" rule. Brown will be joined on the call by Anderson W  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Ohio's U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown introduced the Protecting American Households from Rising Energy Costs Act, legislation that would lower prices for American households by banning the export of crude oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG) to our biggest adversaries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. "It's time to stop raising prices for Americans by sending LNG to our   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Today, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) released the following statement after voting for H.R. 7463, the Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024. This bill avoids a government shutdown and allows additional time to negotiate final spending bills for Fiscal Year 2024. "As Chairman of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, I have consistently champio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Just days away from a partial government shutdown manufactured by the dysfunctional House Majority, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) today called on House leadership to take immediate action to prevent a devastating government shutdown. If Congress doesn't act, a partial government shutdown will occur March 1.  "People in Ohio's 13th Congressional District can't afford a government shutdown. A   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: To commemorate American Heart Month, Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition Co-Chair Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) introduced the Women's Heart Health Expansion Act. The bill would reauthorize and expand access to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) WISEWOMAN program, which provides cardiovascular disease risk factor screenings and healthy behavior support serv  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: Representative Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) joined his House Agriculture Committee colleagues Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), Max Miller (R-Ohio), and Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) to lead 30 Members of Congress in an effort urging Agriculture Committee leaders to prioritize federal support and financial resources for specialty crop mechanization research and development in the 2024 Farm Bill. In a bipartisan lette  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the administration's new actions to lower cost and boost the supply of affordable housing. "At a time when housing is unaffordable for too many families, these actions will help to bring   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Shrinkflation Prevention Act to crack down on corporations that raise costs on Americans by reducing the size of their products without also lowering prices. "Americans are forced to pay for corporate stock buybacks and executive bonuses every time they go to the grocery store. And corporation  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: "The Biden administration inherited these policies and programs. Rather than build on the foundation established by President Trump, this administration has attempted to start from scratch--and failed... We must end our dependence on foreign supply chains and save ourselves from future humiliation." WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, Senator JD Vance (R-OH  more