WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) this week introduced the Mark Our Place Act, legislation that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a headstone, marker, or medallion for all Medal of Honor recipients, regardless of their dates of service. Under current law, these markers are only available to Medal of Honor recipients that served after 1917. Brown was joined by U.S. Sens. Mike Braun (R-IN  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) issued the below statement on new reporting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will change course and exempt gas-power plants from the administration's proposed power plant emission rules. Brown had called on the EPA to revise the proposed rule that could have undermined grid reliability, hurt energy workers, and raised energy costs for Ohioans. "This is a welcome  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced their annual Senate resolution designating February 29, 2024, as "Rare Disease Day." The senators' resolution recognizes the importance of raising awareness around and providing support for Americans living with rare diseases and disorders, while calling for a national and global commitment to improve access to and develop new treatments, d  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for documents and communications relating to the illegal immigration crisis along the southwest border, including information relating to the mass illegal alien influx event in Eagle Pass, Texas, where Border Patrol ag  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: AKRON, OH -- Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) penned a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and the Economic Development Administration in support of Akron's Sustainable Polymers Tech Hub application in the next round of consideration for the Regional Tech Hub program. "Ohio's 13th Congressional District has long been a trailblazer in polymer science and polymer engineering, ma  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) issued a statement today after voting in support of the bipartisan Continuing Resolution to avoid a government shutdown by extending funding until March 8 and March 22: "My Democratic colleagues and I have worked time and time again to keep government open and critical services running for people in Ohio's 13th District and across the country. This week, we are o  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 2 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced a $5,100,000 investment from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to plug, remediate and reclaim six orphaned oil and gas well sites in the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Williamstown, West Virgi  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * U.S. Congressman Max Miller (OH-07) released the following statement after voting in support of a short-term, stop-gap funding bill. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 320 - 99. "I voted in support of the short-term stop-gap funding bill that will finally move us in the right direction to begin reigning in Washington's out-of-control spending. I voted against the la  more