WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that the North Central Electric Cooperative based in Attica, Ohio was awarded a loan to begin and continue projects that will create affordable and reliable energy in eight Northwest Ohio counties. Electrical improvements in Richland, Crawford, Seneca, Hancock, Wyandot, Wood, Huron, and Sandusky counties will create and attract jobs, lower electricity costs fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, introduced the Yes In God's Back Yard (YIGBY) Act, legislation to support faith-based organizations and colleges wanting to build and preserve affordable housing on their land and reduce barriers to the development of this housing. "Housing is too expensive and too hard to find  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) stood up for workers at the Cleveland-Cliffs Facility in Weirton by demanding stronger trade enforcement to protect Ohio jobs and fight back against countries that illegally dump and subsidize products into the U.S. During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on manufacturing, Brown called for trade policy that builds out domestic supply chains and boos  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, the House passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (H.R. 7521). The bill prevents web hosting or app store availability in the U.S. for applications controlled by foreign adversaries, like ByteDance, unless the application, like Tik Tok, severs ties to entities subject to the control of a foreign adversary. The bill passed in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote o  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced bipartisan legislation to stop the dramatic increase in Mexican steel imports. The Mexican government is violating a 2019 agreement with the U.S. and threatening steelworkers in Ohio and around the country. Brown has led efforts pushing the administration to take aggressive action to enforce the agreement to level the  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07) led a bipartisan letter to the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and Election Assistance Commission (EAC) today requesting information regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to intimidate, threaten, or misinform voters during the 2024 election cycle. AI is alreadybeingdeployed in political ads and commu  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled, "Examining Proposals to Address Housing Affordability, Availability, and Other Community Needs." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery follow: In every part of the country, everywhere you turn, hou  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Brown, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Stop Mexican Steel Surge Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today introduced the Stop Mexico's Steel Surge Act, legislation that would curb the unsustainable levels of Mexican steel imports into the United States. The legislation follows letters (letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and letter to USTR Tai  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) cosponsored - the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act - to protect Americans from the Chinese Communist Party. The bill does not ban TikTok, rather it protects U.S. national security by providing Communist China-controlled ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, the ability to div  more

AKRON, Ohio, March 14 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) sent a letter to Dr. Marc Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of the Health Assurance Transformation Corporation (HATCo), in regards to HATCo's proposed acquisition of Summa Health. In the letter, Rep. Sykes urged HATCo leadership to answer several questions to address ongoing concerns about how the proposed sale of Summa will impact acces  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) delivered over $10.9 million in federal funding for thirteen community projects located in Franklin County. This funding was included in a minibus appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2024, which passed Congress and was signed into law by President Biden earlier this month. "I am excited for the transformative impact this funding will have for Ohio's  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 14 -- Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Today, Congressman Greg Landsman (D-OH-01) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase safety for USPS letter carriers. Congressman Landsman and Congressman Fitzpatrick have introduced H.R.7629 - the Protect Our Letter Carriers Act - bipartisan legislation to address an array of security issues faced by U.S. Postal Service (USPS) letter ca  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Following yesterday's House Ways and Means committee hearing on increasing access to care at home in rural and underserved communities, Reps. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) introduced the Bipartisan Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act to enhance the affordability of primary care and telehealth for patients with High-Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs). "Improving American  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, following a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on enhancing access to care at home in rural and underserved areas, Representatives Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) released a bipartisan discussion draft of legislation that would extend Hospital Care at Home waivers that have allowed for the expanded delivery of hospital-level care for Medicare beneficiaries in the c  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, introduced the Yes In God's Back Yard (YIGBY) Act, legislation to support faith-based organizations and colleges wanting to build and preserve affordable housing on their land and reduce barriers to the develop  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Senator Vance's legislation would identify the regulatory barriers that reduce America's industrial capacity and develop a national strategy to remobilize defense production. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) will introduce the William S. Knudsen Defense Remobilization Act to launch the remobilization of American defense production. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) join as original co  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senators JD Vance (R-OH) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) introduced the No Community Development Block Grants for Sanctuary Cities Act, which would amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prevent sanctuary cities from receiving federal housing grants. "Our government sends hundreds of millions in federal housing grants to sanctuary cities each year. Those funds are now on the chopping block," Senator  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: U.S. Congressman Max Miller (OH-07) secured more than $17 million for projects important to Northeast Ohio. Last week, the House of Representatives voted to pass a package of six appropriations bills, which included funding for the projects. Congressman Miller worked alongside local officials and stakeholders over the past year to identify projects for which resources were most needed. These pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * U.S. Congressman Max Miller (OH-07) released the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a strong, bipartisan vote of 352-65-1. "The Chinese Communist Party can use TikTok to collect Americans' data, spy on our children, and push its propaganda. The r  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: U.S. Congressman Max Miller (OH-07) had a busy schedule last week while he was in the district and in Washington, D.C., during which he visited the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center, chaired a hearing for the Science Space and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on the Environment, and attended the President's State of the Union address. Here are highlights of Congressman Miller's engagements for  more