WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Greater Cleveland Transit Authority will receive an investment to rehabilitate eight stations along the Blue Line Light Rail to make the entire Blue Line accessible for people with disabilities. Station upgrades will include replacing the 40-year-old platforms with new concrete platforms with tactile warning panels, installing redesigned ramps, elevati  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) spoke out against the partisan Republican Farm Bill (H.R. 8467) today during the full committee markup. Congresswoman Brown, the Ranking Member on the General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee, highlighted the negative impact this legislation would have on her constituents in Northeast Ohio and across the country. The Farm Bill introduced by Agricul  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- 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, raised concerns about DoorDash advertising merchant cash advance (MCA) products to small businesses on its platform. "MCAs are often high cost: merchants have paid the equivalent of interest rates over 800 percent or even higher in connection with MCAs," wrote Brown. "The high cost of many MCAs--e  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a new investment in the smart manufacturing program at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C). The investment will provide training, equipment, and supportive services for students. Brown secured the investment through the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration's Community Project Fund. "As we position Ohio to lead in the industries of the fu  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: In Case You Missed It: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss his United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act, legislation to keep call center jobs in Ohio and stop them from being outsourced overseas. Brown was joined on the call by Dawn Spencer, a call center worker from Youngstown. "American tax dollars should support American workers and Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) introduced a Congressional Resolution disapproving of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) recently announced rule to reclassify broadband under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, essentially reclassifying broadband as a public utility. "It's incredulous we're having the debate again about the FCC's so-called 'net neutrality' order when its repeal in 201  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 23, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) released the following statement regarding President Biden's announcement that more than one million PACT Act-related claims have been granted, including claims for 31,945 Ohioans. The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, signed into law by President Biden in 2022, expanded medical bene  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 23, 2024: * * * Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH) issued the following statement following the House of Representatives passing H.R. 5403, the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, which provides an important step towards protecting the American people from a government controlled CCP-style central bank digital currency. "Central Bank Digital Currencies are an existential threat to western civilization. CBD  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Reps. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) introduced the bipartisan Elevating Biotechnology Threats Reporting Act. This bill would ensure the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), and Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) each independently report their f  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 (TNSres) -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Reps. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M., (R-OH) and Lou Correa, (D-CA) introduced a resolution "expressing the sense of the Congress that assisted suicide puts everyone, including those most vulnerable, at risk of deadly harm." In 2019, the National Council on Disability, an independent federal agency that makes policy recommendations to enhance the lives of all Americans with disabilities,  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act passed out of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in a bipartisan vote. The legislation would require a study on the public health impacts of the February 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine. The study will assess the human health impacts of the derailment and subsequent chemical venting and burning  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: D.C. & COLUMBUS, OHIO - Senator JD Vance and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following joint statement to express their concern that the U.S. Department of Justice's recently announced settlement with Norfolk Southern could severely undercompensate the residents of East Palestine. The DOJ's announcement comes before the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was allowed to complete its investigatio  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act was passed out of the House Armed Services Committee by a vote of 57 to 1. "Expanding facilities and capabilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is central to my work on the Armed Services Committee, and this year's NDAA includ  more