WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: In case you missed it, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet addressed the urgent need for U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring Ukraine aid to a vote on the House floor in an interview on Fox News, an op-ed in the Washington Examiner, and in response to criticism from U.S. Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) on Twitter/X. On Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier, Bennet said: "I don't   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call with Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown to discuss bipartisan legislation to protect Ohioans from an increase in the cost of high-speed internet. The Affordable Connectivity Program reduces the cost of high-speed internet for more than one million Ohio households - in rural, suburban, and urban communities across the state. Brown's bipart  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for information and documents regarding the mass release of illegal aliens into the United States and other related topics after failing to voluntarily comply with the Committee's requests. DHS's failure to produce t  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSres) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, the House Judiciary Committee released an interim staff report titled, "The Attack on Free Speech Abroad and the Biden Administration's Silence: The Case of Brazil." The report exposes Brazil's censorship campaign and presents a startling case study of how a government can justify censorship in the name of stopping so-called "hate" spee  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) held a full committee open panel with former members of the House Intelligence Committee. Joining the open panel were former Representatives Jane Harman, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Peter King, and Jim Cooper. The following is Chairman Turner's openin  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: AKRON, OH -- U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) sent a letter to Paul Spencer,President and CEO of KMG Prestige, on April 1, 2024, concerning the unacceptable living conditions at Wilbeth Arlington Homes in Akron, OH. In the letter, Rep. Sykes urged KMG Prestige leadership to immediately address longstanding maintenance delays and safety concerns adversely affecting the well-being of residents. R  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: The bipartisan Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act introduced by Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) today passed through the House of Representatives. This legislation stops the federal government from circumventing Americans' Fourth Amendment right to privacy by closing loopholes that allow the government to purchase Americans' data from big tech companies without a court order. "Closing the d  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Today, Financial Literacy and Wealth Creation Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) and Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40) introduced a resolution to recognize April as Financial Literacy Month to increase public awareness of the value of financial capability and the need for sound money management practices. Financial Literacy Month also provides an opportunity to advocate for fin  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senators JD Vance (R-OH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) introduced the Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act, which would redefine "private duty nursing services" as "continuous skilled nursing services," remove outdated provider red tape, and mandate that the Secretary of Health and Human Services convene a working group to establish national quality standards of care for these services. "Federal regula  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: The United States faces the same strategic challenge whether or not the 2024 emergency defense supplemental passes: the war in Ukraine consumes far more military materiel than the west can produce, and it costs the lives of far more Ukrainians than Ukraine can mobilize. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) provided a memo to his Republican colleagues in the House and Senate which outlines the poor state of the United States  more