WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Brown Votes No on Funding ICE * Washington, DC - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) today voted No on legislation to fund the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other federal agencies. WATCH: Rep. Brown Floor Speech on ICE and Springfield, Ohio (link is external) "In the last week, I have attended vigils in Cleveland and Cleveland Heights  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Max Miller Introduces CLOSE Act to Protect Taxpayer Dollars and Stop COVID-Era Fraud * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Max Miller (OH-07) introduced the CLOSE Act (Clawing back Lapsed Obligations from State Emergency programs Act) to rescind leftover COVID-era unemployment funds that can no longer be responsibly distributed and would instead expose taxpayers to massive fraud. The bill resp  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026: * * * Fetterman Statement on Three-Year Anniversary of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment On the third anniversary of the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train along the Pennsylvania-Ohio border, U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) released the following statement: "Three years ago, the toxic Norfolk Southern train derailment shook communities along the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. "As   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026: * * * Husted backs bill to support rural and low-income small businesses Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) joined Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) on the bipartisan Investing in All of America Act. This bill would expand access to capital for small businesses in rural and low-income communities, as well as those in the manufacturing and critical technology sectors. "Small bus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026: * * * Husted leads bill to protect tax dollars from fraud and abuse Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) today introduced the Clawing back Lapsed Obligations from State Emergency programs (CLOSE) Act. This bill would cancel the unspent tax dollars assigned during the COVID-19 pandemic for emergency unemployment payments and terminate the program. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chairman of the Senate Committee o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Husted returns more than $31 million for Ohio projects in FY26 funding package Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) today voted to pass a funding package, which secured critical investments for Ohio. "Funding the government is Congress' core responsibility, and I'm proud we made tremendous progress through regular order and bipartisan cooperation. The package provides real wins for Ohio while completing the transiti  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Kaptur Votes to Reopen Government, Protect NW Ohio Priorities, Presses for ICE and CBP Reforms and Constitutional Accountability * Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after voting to pass Senate Amendments to H.R. 7148 - the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 a bipartisan budget agreement to reopen the federal government and fund critical servic  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Moreno Statement on Democrat Judge Halting Trump TPS Order * WASHINGTON - Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) released the following statement after a Democrat judge postponed the expiration of Joe Biden's Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Haitian migrants. *** Original text here: https://www.moreno.senate.gov/press-releases/moreno-statement-on-democrat-judge-halting-trump-tps-order  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026: * * * New Report Exposes European Commission Decade-Long Campaign to Censor American Speech Today, the House Judiciary Committee released a interim staff report titled "The Foreign Censorship Threat, Part II: Europe's Decade-Long Campaign to Censor the Global Internet and How it Harms American Speech in the United States." Nonpublic Big Tech documents pr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026: * * * Rep. Sykes Statement on Final Appropriations Package with DHS Stopgap In response to the House's passage of the final appropriations minibus with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) two-week stopgap attached, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) released the following statement explaining why she could not support the package: "Just weeks ago, I proudly voted for a biparti  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2026: * * * Three Years After East Palestine, Rep. Sykes Pushes Safety Laws Republicans Have Yet to Pass As Congress reflects on the derailment, Sykes presses for rail safety reforms blocked under House GOP leadership. * Three years after the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) renewed her call for rail safety reform and corpora  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Support Grows for Husted's Upward Mobility Act Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) today announced growing support for the Upward Mobility Act, a landmark bill he introduced on Jan. 6, 2026, to reform federal benefits by ending the benefits cliff and incentivizing career growth. A benefits cliff occurs when Americans receiving federal public assistance experience a significant or complete loss  more