WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: AKRON, OH -- Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) announced her second annual Congressional Readers Club, open to K-12 students in Ohio's 13th Congressional District. Students will have from June 1 to August 25 to read at least 10 books of their choosing. Rep. Sykes' office has partnered with local libraries to provide a suggested list of books, but students are not limited to these recommendat  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: AKRON, OH -- U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $23,408,271 in Public Housing Repair funding to Ohio's 13th Congressional District. "Every person in Ohio's 13th Congressional District deserves a safe, affordable place to call home," said Rep. Sykes. "This investment of more than $23.4 million will help address the lac  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) issued a statement after voting in support of H.R. 4143, the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Enhancements Act. The NCST Enhancements Act updates a previously enacted law to expand the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) authority to investigate failures of structures other than buildings to inform engineering standards and codes. NIST will b  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Representatives Dave Joyce (OH-14) and Haley Stevens (MI-11) introduced the Stop Nurse Shortages Act. The bill would create a grant program to help nursing schools create, expand or support accelerated nursing degree programs, which are geared towards training those with an undergraduate degree in another field as nurses at an accelerated pace. "At a time when our country faces a nursing workforce  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: "It's a fundamentally incoherent policy. On the one hand, they're saying too many Palestinian civilians have been killed. With the other hand, they're depriving the Israelis of the precision guided weapons that actually cut down on civilian casualties." Senator JD Vance (R-OH) joined CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash to discuss President Biden's handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Watch Senator Vance's rema  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: Below are highlights of U.S. Congressman Max Miller's (OH-07) schedule the week of May 6. The Congressman was in Washington, D.C. and Ohio. MONDAY, May 6 * Congressman Miller participated in the annual Celebration of Agriculture on the National Mall hosted by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. This year, the theme was "The Future of Food and Farming" which is especially timely with the  more