WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a new cybersecurity worker training initiative at Zane State College through their Advanced Technological Education program. The National Science Foundation awarded an investment that will allow Zane State College to implement four curriculum tracks in Cyber Security, Cyber Management, Cyber Analytics, and Cyber Networking. "Cybersecurity is a growing field - O  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a new investment to support school districts and municipal services and improve road infrastructure in southeastern Ohio's communities. This investment from the Secure Rural Schools program will help generate economic opportunity and empower communities in Athens, Delaware, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Noble, Perry, Scioto, Vinton, and Was  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced he is backing an amendment which will be filed to the Federal Aviation Act that will allow residents from several zip codes across Pike and Scioto County who became ill as a result of exposure to nuclear radiation to seek compensation. Brown successfully worked with U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), the sponsor of the amendment, to ensure that affected residents in Pike and   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: To honor our nation's teachers and commemorate National Teacher Appreciation Week (May 6-10), U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan resolution to recognize the important work of teachers across the nation and thank them for their efforts to prepare students for success. "Teachers have always answered the call to serve, going above and beyond to ensure our students have a f  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led colleagues in calling on the Biden Administration to ensure that Department of Energy projects funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act use project labor agreements, which ensure that workers on the projects make fair wages and have other workplace protections, and that the projects benefit from skilled, well-trained wor  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release: The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic recently reviewed classified U.S. Department of State (State Department) documents that credibly suggest COVID-19 originated from a lab related accident in Wuhan, China. The documents also strongly convey that the Chinese Communist Party attempted to cover-up the  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray demanding information about the FBI's hiring and retention practices and its use of so-called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The FBI's hyper-fixation on hitting Biden Administration-imposed DEI ini  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, member of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Select Committee, issued the following news release: Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-02), Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, led the latest installment of the House Intelligence Committee's "Beyond the SCIF" series for the 118th Congress with his panel "A Conversation on AI and Biosecurity" in collabor  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 6, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) a senior member of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee released the following statement following news that Israel and Hamas are nearing an agreement on a truce that would end the ongoing war in Gaza, and facilitate the release of the 128 hostages remaining in captivity in Gaza: "As of earlier today, the latest news reports from the Middle Ea  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Today, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) introduced the Border Security and Enforcement Block Grant Act of 2024, legislation to combat the Biden administration's border crisis by providing federal grant funding for states to establish physical barriers along the southern border. "The Biden   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) held his first House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) hearing as Chairman. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel appeared before the Committee to discuss the IRS's Fiscal Year 2025 budget request. "The Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the IRS is $12.3 billion --which is equal to the curren  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representatives Dave Joyce (R-OH-14), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01), Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), and Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) recently introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing National Nurses Week. U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced this resolution in the Senate. The resolution honors and celebrates the important contributions America's nurses have made in providing safe, high-qua  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, Representatives Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the bipartisan Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act. This important legislation includes a 5-year extension of the Acute Hospital Care at Home program to allow participating providers to continue furnishing services that enhance access to care. This bill will allow for the expanded delivery of hospit  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on May 7, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the independent review of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) workplace culture. "The FDIC needs to be fixed. The women and men who work there deserve better,"  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: Following a recent report from VA's Office of Inspector General, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Angus King (I-Maine) are pressing VA to take immediate action to improve oversight of its Community Care Network contracts to ensure veterans have timely access to providers in the community. "We w  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Congressman Michael McCaul (TX-10), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, introduced the Border Security and Enforcement Block Grant Act of 2024, legislation that would provide federal grant funding for southwestern states to establish or repair physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Furt  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim staff report titled, "The Attack on Free Speech Abroad and the Biden Administration's Silence: The Case Of Brazil, Part II." The report reveals newly obtained documents that shed additional light on Brazil's censorship regime, includi  more