WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Ahead of Amazon "Prime Day," U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, legislation led by Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) along with Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) that would protect warehouse workers by prohibiting opaque and dangerous work speed quotas that can lead to high rates of worker injuries. The bill is also sponsored b  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: MILWAUKEE, Wis. U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) joined Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and their colleagues in demanding answers from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on the Department of Justice's (DOJ) efforts to prevent aliens from registering to vote in American elections. State officials across the country have recently taken steps to prevent, deter, and investigate cases of illegal voter regi  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: VIENNA, OH Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) welcomed the first of eight new C-130J Super Hercules Aircraft at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS). Following years of Brown pushing for the new planes, the Air Force Reserve Command Station selected Youngstown as the "preferred" location to receive the C-130Js in 2022. The planes will replace C-130H models at YARS that were built between 1989 and 19  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on July 17, 2024: * * * Today, the Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Ukraine Caucus, Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-09), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and Joe Wilson (R-SC-02) released the following statement on the conclusion of the 2024 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in Washington, DC: "During the 2024 NATO Summit, we recognized 75 years of the Alliance's ind  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03) joined Congressmen Greg Landsman (D-OH-01), and Don Bacon (R-NE-02) and representatives from the National Foster Youth Institute and the National Center forHousing & Child Welfare to announce bipartisan legislation to assist low-income students in paying for campus housing. The Campus Housing Affordability Act would allow current foster, former foster, and emancipate  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Recently, Representatives Dave Joyce (OH-14), Joe Neguse (CO-02), Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), and Steve Cohen (TN-09) introduced the Animal Cruelty Enforcement (ACE) Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure better protection of animals and to keep our communities safe. The bill would establish a dedicated Animal Cruelty Crimes Section at the Department of Justice to aid in the investigation, enforcement, and prosecution  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03) hosted top officials from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) Brian Nelson and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki, for a small business information session in Ohio's Third Congressional District. This dialogue informed small business owners about FinCEN's   more