WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Ag Vice Ranking Member Brown on House Floor: Trump's First 100 Days Hurt Farm Country Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member of the House Committee on Agriculture spoke on the House floor Tuesday on how President Trump's policies have hurt farmers across America. WATCH VIDEO (link is external) Vice Ranking Member Brown's Remarks as Delivered : It's been 100 day  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Brown, Hirono, Strickland Lead Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Promote Diversity in STEM ~ Legislation would authorize funding for programs to increase the recruitment and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields ~ WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Shontel Brown (D-OH), U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) led 18  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 30, 2025: * * * Congressman Taylor Introduces Bill to Help Rural Communities Navigate Broadband Expansion Programs WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) and Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) today introduced the Rural Broadband Assistance Act, which would codify the Broadband Technical Assistance Program to help rural communities access broadband funds available to them through the United St  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Latta Introduces REFINER Act to Increase U.S. Refinery Capacity Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH-5) re-introduced the Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining (REFINER) Act, to help increase energy refining capacity in the United States. Over the last several years, North America lost an estimated one million barrels of fuel per day due to low refining capacity. T  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Robert E. Latta, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Latta Washington Times Op-Ed: A Plan for American Energy Dominance WASHINGTON, D.C.--In a new op-ed in the Washington Times, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH-5), the Chairman of the Energy Subcommittee on the Energy and Commerce Committee details his all-of-his-above strategy for a new era of American energy dominance working with the Republican majority in Congress and the Trump administration. Below,  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following floor remarks on April 29, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, it has been 100 days of broken promises, cuts, and chaos from the Trump administration. The damage has been done from my district in Cleveland to rural America. Here is how Trump has hurt the farm economy in just 100 days: President Trump has fired cr  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following floor remarks on April 29, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, as co-chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, I rise today to speak on behalf of our Great Lakes region. My part of it is the Ninth District of Ohio that stretches all the way from Bryan, Ohio, all the way across the northern part of Ohio through Tol  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation, issued the following news release: * * * Subcommittee Ranking Member Shontel Brown's Opening Remarks at Hearing on Modernizing Federal IT Systems Washington, D.C. (April 29 2025) - Below is Ranking Member Shontel Brown's opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today's Subcommittee on Cybersecuri  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Turner Statement on House Oversight Committee's Current Budget Reconciliation Proposal WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) released the following statement regarding the current framework of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee 's budget reconciliation proposal: "The goal of reconciliation should be to reduce overall government spending by eliminating waste, fra  more