WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Today, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) voted in favor of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024 to increase aviation safety, improve airport infrastructure, and bolster aviation technology for the next five years. The FY24 FAA reauthorization contains Congressman Joyce's language that would designate the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport (YNG) as a primary airport. C  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) received the "Trade Hero" award from the Coalition for a Prosperous America for his leadership advocating for a trade policy that puts American workers first. In his speech accepting the award, Brown detailed the need to enact trade policy that benefits American workers and American industry, fights back China's trade cheating, and empowers American innovation - somethin  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) called on Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, which oversees environmental standards across Ohio and much of the Midwest, to engage with Ohio communities, weigh each community's financial capacity, and provide them with flexibility as they work to fulfill their unfunded federal mandate under the Clean Water Act. The Senators want EPA to utili  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, released the following statement on the Federal Reserve's update to trading rules for members of the Federal Reserve Board and governors. "Public officials, whether at the Fed or in Congress, must serve the American people - not their own stock portfolios. The Board's latest update to its tradin  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12653) on May 15, 2024, by agricultural policy analyst Joel L. Greene: * * * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Dairy Herds The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed a strain (H5N1) of highly pathogenic avian Influenza A virus (HPAI) in dairy herds in Texas and Kansas on March 25,  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, issued the following news release: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today's subcommittee hearing titled "The Fiscal Year 2025 National Telecommunications and Information Administration Budget." NTIA MUST RESPONSIBLY MANAGE THE BEAD PROGRAM "Today, members of  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Today, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (OH-10) held a full committee open panel with the Hudson Institute's Rebecca Heinrichs, the Atlantic Council's Matthew Kroenig, and the Center for Strategic & International Studies' Kari Bingen and Emily Harding about national security issues facing the Uni  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: This week, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) joined the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (FHLB) and Homeport in celebrating the launch of the Rise Up program. The Rise Up program, funded by $5 million from FHLB Cincinnati, will offer $25,000 grants to qualifying first-time homebuyers in Franklin County for down payment, closing costs, or principal reduction assistance. "I applaud the FHLB C  more