WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Today, House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup D.P.M. (R-OH), Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party released the below statement following the 40 to 1 vote by the House Oversight Committee to advance the BIOSECURE   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled, "Oversight of U.S. Financial Regulators: Accountability and Financial Stability." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery follow: Today we'll hear testimony from three key financial regulators whose agencies are respons  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs released the following statement on the United States' Supreme Court decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, to uphold the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). "Wall Street tried to use the courts to kill the   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accepted the Select Subcommittee's recommendation to formally debar EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. (EcoHealth). HHS will immediately commence official debarment proceedings and implement a government-wide suspension of U.S. t  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James demanding documents about New York County District Attorney (DANY) Alvin Bragg's lead prosecutor Matthew Colangelo as the Committee continues its investigation into politicized prosecutions. Given the perception that the Biden DOJ is assisting in District Attorne  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release: Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) released the transcript from Dr. Francis Collins's transcribed interview. Dr. Collins helped lead the government's COVID-19 pandemic response as the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) until his resignation at t  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following news release: Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) opened today's hearing titled "Overseeing the Overseers: A Hearing with NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak" by highlighting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) decision yesterday to immediately implement a gove  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, issued the following statement on May 15, 2024: * * * Today, Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accepted the Select Subcommittee's recommendation to formally debar EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. (EcoHealth). HHS will immedia  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 14, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water released the following statement following the Announcement that the Biden Administration will take action to protect American workers and businesses from China's unfair trade practices. Kaptur, has strenuously urged the Administration to aggressively punish child and low wage  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, Representative Mike Carey (OH-15)announced the winners of his office's 2024 Congressional Art Competition. "Every year, we look forward to seeing the impressive artwork created by students in the Fifteenth Congressional District," said Congressman Carey. "This year's submissions certainly did not disappoint. Congratulations to our winners and thank you to the artists and judges who leant th  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, Representative Mike Carey (OH-15) announced the passage of his Youth Poisoning Protection Act. The bill, which was partially inspired by the 2020 death of Hilliard sixteen-year-old Kristine Jonsson. "It's a parent's worst nightmare: a faceless stranger over the internet teaching your child how to take their own life, and your child, in a moment of vulnerability, listening to them," said Con  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) applauded a significant victory for consumer rights as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announces the distribution of $384 Million to over 191,000 consumers nationwide wronged by the deceptive practices of Texas-based online lender, Think Finance. This compensation includes more than $61.9 Million designated for 26,136 Ohioans, sourced from  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) applauded passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for five years. This bill will maintain American leadership in aviation safety and aerospace innovation, strengthen and diversify the U.S. aviation workforce, make groundbreaking investments in sustainability and resiliency, and improve consumer   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: This week during the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing titled, "Reviewing and Examining the Francis Scott Key Bridge Federal Response," U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) expressed her frustration that the House Majority has yet to hold a hearing to examine the tragic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. "Less than two months after disaster struck in Maryland, the Majo  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled, "Oversight of U.S. Financial Regulators: Accountability and Financial Stability." Sen. Brown's remarks, as prepared for delivery follow: Today we'll hear tes  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs released the following statement on the United States' Supreme Court decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, to uphold the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Pro  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: 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 Amer  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: "No parent should be forced to shoulder the burden of FFEL loans while caring for their disabled child." Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Congressman Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2) have introduced Domenic and Ed's Law. This bipartisan and bicameral legislation, named for Domenic Carducci of Steubenville, Ohio and Ed Desorcy of Harrisville, Rhode Island, would require the U.S. Department of Education to discharge parents' Fed  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: "You then allowed the concentration in the financial sector by allowing JPMorgan to purchase First Republic based on a wildly off-base estimate of some of the losses that existed in First Republic, and when our offices actually try to get information to better understand this, very often we've been steamrolled. If that doesn't suggest a problem in the culture at the FDIC, I don't know what does." This morning, Se  more