WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the introduction of his new bipartisan legislation to block taxpayer money from being used to subsidize biofuels produced using imported foreign feedstocks such as Chinese used cooking oil and Brazilian ethanol. The bill would also extend the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. Brown announced the bill on a news conference call, where he was joined by Tadd Nich  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-New York, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) issued the below statement following the anti-Haitian, dangerous rhetoric Rep. Clay Higgins recently tweeted regarding the Haitian Bridge Alliance filing charges against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, for spreading false claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, OH, were eating pets: Haitian group in Springfield, O  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement after Rep. Clay Higgins (LA-03) made false claims(link is external) attacking the Haitian community in a post on social media. "I echo the statements of Leader Jeffries and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford and join them in condemning Rep. Clay Higgins' vile social media post attacking the Haitian community," said Lar  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) today joined his House colleagues in sending a letter to House Leadership urging for full reauthorization of the Farm Bill before the end of the 118th Congress. Latta's district, Ohio's Fifth Congressional District, is the largest agriculture income producing district in the state of Ohio. In the letter, the lawmakers write,"Farmers and ranchers do not have the luxury of wait  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) issued the following statement on the passage of the House Continuing Resolution funding the government at current Fiscal Year 2024 levels through December 20, 2024: "Today, I joined my House Democratic colleagues in voting for a stopgap funding bill to once again narrowly avert a harmful shutdown and keep the government running through mid-Decembe  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, celebrated the achievements of two companies from Ohio's 9th District, Spartan Chemical Company of Maumee and JAWS International, Ltd. a Division of Canberra Corporation of Toledo, for being honored as 2024 EPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year award recipients. T  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- 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 Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $459,442 to the City of Akron to establish a more effective and responsive approach to addressing mental health needs in the community while promoting public health and safety through the Summit County Outreach Team (SCOUT) Program. "I am pleased to announce this vital fund  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: CANTON, OH U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) announced the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded $500,000 to the Stark County Prosecutor's Office for a program to improve the criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. "I am excited to announce this funding, which will further cement a relationship between two ke  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- 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 Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded $479,706 to the University of Akron to conduct evaluations of promising practices for combatting domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to research issues emerging in the field. "Every American deserves to live a life that is safe, secure, and free   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: AKRON, OH Yesterday, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) hosted a Congressional App Challenge Webinar, with special guests from the Congressional App Challenge and the Cleveland FBI. The event brought together students and families in Ohio's 13th Congressional District to learn about the Congressional App Challenge. The Office of Congresswoman Sykes was joined by Ryan Kirzner, Congressional App Ch  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Today, Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 9747 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, which passed the House in a vote of 341-82: "Today I voted to keep our military and border patrol agents paid. The Biden-Harris administration has emboldened America's adversaries across the world, and created an unprecedented crisis at  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) releases the following statement: "The comments by Rep. Clay Higgins are racist, menacing, and repulsive. "To see a Member of Congress use their official account to perpetuate lies, attack and threaten Haitian immigrants is not only disgusting and disgraceful, it is downright reprehensible. This type of rhetoric is dangerous to our community, country and the Congress. He  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release: Senator's legislation streamlines semiconductor manufacturing projects funding from Sinema's CHIPS and Science law The U.S House of Representatives passed the Building Chips in America Act bipartisan legislation Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema introduced with U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Martin Hein  more