WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, questioned Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Dr. John Plumb. Dr. Plumb appeared before the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Strategic Forces to  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today's hearing titled "A Hearing with the President of EcoHealth Alliance, Dr. Peter Daszak" by breaking down the Select Subcommittee's just released report on EcoHealth Alliance's history of malfeasance and the Nationa  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) and Ranking Member Jim Himes (CT-04) recently led a bipartisan trip to Vienna, Austria, and London, United Kingdom, to conduct a series of intelligence meetings with their European counterparts. Chairman Turner and Ranking Member Himes were joined by their fellow members o  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) bipartisan Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2024 which would continue the mission to keep the Great Lakes healthy for businesses and families by cleaning up and preventing pollution, and protecting coastline. The legislation will help ensure clean drinking water for Ohioans by protecting coastline and hab  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) issued an interim staff report titled "An Evaluation of the Evidence Surrounding EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.'s Research Activities". This report details the Select Subcommittee's comprehensive investigation into the U.S. government's funding and lack o  more

CARNEGIE, Pennsylvania, May 2 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced that he secured a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the work to be conducted at the Montgomery Locks and Dam. His effort makes sure that the expected 28,000 construction jobs created there will be solid, union Western Pennsylvania jobs. Pennsylvania's biggest discretionary-funded recipient of federal funding from the Infrastructure Investme  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: AKRON, OH -- U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) hosted a community art show and awards ceremony at the Summit Art Space to recognize the high school student artists in Ohio's 13th Congressional District who participated in this year's Congressional Art Competition. "It was such a pleasure to host this community art show and awards ceremony to recognize the incredible work of all the high school stu  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Yesterday, as National Minority Health Month concluded, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03), co-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus' Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force, and Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-14), co-chair of the Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus, introduced a resolution recognizing the importance of DEI in medical education. The resolution affirms the need for a   more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. citizens are "protected individuals" against whom employers cannot discriminate under the Immigration and Nationality Act. In fact, they are more than protected--they are preferred. Senator JD Vance (R-OH), along with Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), sent a letter to the Department of Justice to raise concerns that the administration is not faithfully carrying out its legal duties to prot  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: "Some of the very people who shipped America's manufacturing base overseas to China in the first place, who weakened our ability to manufacture our own weapons, are now the same people who say we can get involved in three wars at once." Senator JD Vance (R-OH) joined Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream to discuss America's military industrial capacity, the need for European nations to step up in providing for th  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative provides critical funding to protect the Great Lakes and surrounding ecosystems. Today, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Act of 2024 passed unanimously through the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works. The GLRI Act of 2024 would extend the GLRI for another five years through 2031, and increase annual authorization levels from $475 million in 2026 to $5  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Vance's staff will hold a mobile office hour event for constituents in Scioto County, Ohio on May 1st from 1PM to 4PM. Senator Vance's staff will be on-site in Scioto County to assist with constituents' cases relating to Social Security benefits, Medicare benefits, Veterans Affairs benefits, the IRS, and other concerns with federal agencies. Please see further details below: Scioto County Staff Office  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim staff report titled, "The Censorship-Industrial Complex: How Top Biden White House Officials Coerced Big Tech to Censor Americans, True Information, and Critics of the Biden Administration." The report details the monthslong cam  more