WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) announced two new cosponsors today to the bipartisan Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.). The bipartisan lawmakers join Senators Welch, JD Vance (R-Ohio), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) in the Senate, and lead cosponsors Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-09) and Representative Brian F  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined legislation to protect Ohioans from an increase in high-speed internet costs by extending the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides financial assistance to access high-speed internet for more than one million Ohio households - in rural, suburban and urban communities across the state. Brown's bipartisan, bicameral Affordable Connectivity Program Extension  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation that would help lower food costs by strengthening the infrastructure and supply chains that farmers and food businesses depend on to get their products to market. The Food Supply Chain Capacity and Resiliency Act would expand the Department of Agriculture's Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program to support new  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to the Chief Executive Officers of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director Chris Wray demanding documents of the Executive Branch's recent interactions with social media and technology companies  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) today issued the following statement on Congress's continuous fight for FISA section 702 reforms: "Speaker Johnson tried to work with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) to reauthorize FISA. However, President Trump, the American people, and Congress oppose HPSCI's domestic spying legislation. Section 702 of FISA would be reauthoriz  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: This week, Iraq War veteran and House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Vice Ranking Member Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17) and Congressman James Moylan (R-Guam) introduced the Veterans Housing Stability Act of 2024 in the House of Representatives. This measure was first introduced in the Senate on February 1, 2024 by Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman, Jon Tester of Montan  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: "We now have confirmation from OMB that the total Ukraine spending figure is significantly higher than the administration has ever admitted." Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and sixteen colleagues from the House and Senate sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young demanding answers on American aid to Ukraine after new data revealed previous OMB totals vastly undercounted the price t  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: "If we are freezing the sanctions regime, we prevent the President from having an important tool at his disposal in actually negotiating a peaceful settlement." Senator JD Vance (R-OH) questioned Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on unprecedented legislation that would seize Russian assets in an effort to send more funds to Ukraine. If enacted, it would be the   more