WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: Experts at a hearing to examine the persistent and concerning threat posed by domestic terrorists and violent extremists commended U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, for his bipartisan work in Congress to ensure access to federal security resources for faith-based and nonprofit institu more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release ON Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) announced that their bipartisan Carbon Capture Improvement Act has been included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the end result of bipartisan infrastructure negotiations from the past three months. The Carbon Capture Improvement Act makes it easier for power plants and industrial facilities to finance the purchase and installation of carbon capture, utilization, and storag more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), the Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new bipartisan report reviewing cybersecurity at eight federal agencies and documenting the continued failure of seven of those agencies to comply with the baseline cybersecurity requirements in the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after hosting a Covid-19 telephone-town hall on August 2 in which more than 4,500 residents of Ohio's Ninth Congressional District participated. The town hall was co-hosted by Dr. Michael Saag, Associate Dean for Global Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the incoming Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded three grants to Southwest Ohio airports, totaling $150,000. The funds will go towards operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airport. "These grants are important to ensure that airports across Sou more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $22,000 to Cambridge Area Regional Airport Authority, the City of Cambridge, and Guernsey County. The funds will provide economic relief to Cambridge Municipal Airport for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded $32,000 to the City of Bellefontaine. The funds will provide economic relief to Bellefontaine Regional Airport for operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, debt service payments, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airport. "This grant is important to ensur more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement on Aug. 3, 2021, at a hearing entitled "Oversight of Financial Regulators: Does our Financial System Work for Everyone?": * * * Before we begin, I want to ask all of my colleagues to work with their governors and local officials to get the eviction prevention assistance out faster - I spoke to Governor DeWine about this last night, and whether you supported the Rescue Plan or not, we nee more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2021: * * * Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on a lawsuit brought by survivors of a 2019 mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, against the manufacturer of the 100-round ammunition magazine used in the shooting: "In 2019, a shooter armed with an assault rifle killed nine people and injured 17. He was able to fire 41 rounds in just 32 seconds because he had a 100-round magazine and didn't need to reload. Such  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted at a hearing to examine the persistent and concerning threat posed by domestic terrorists and violent extremists the importance of recognizing all communities throughout the United States that have been impacted. As Senator Portman noted more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), the lead Republican negotiator of the bipartisan infrastructure agreement, today outlined how the new bill would help the long-awaited effort to address the Brent Spence Bridge. Specifically, the bill will provide $60 billion - including $45 billion in new grant funding - for state and local governments to fund projects like the Brent Spence Bridge. The unprecedented resources in Senator Portman's bipartisan infra more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh demanding the Department of Labor's (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) take action to establish a federal heat stress standard to protect U.S. workers exposed to excessive heat. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Kirsten Gillib more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Angus King (I-ME) announced that their bipartisan BRIDGE Act is included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). IIJA provides $65 billion for broadband, including more than $40 billion to states, tribal governments, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia via block grants consistent with the senators' bipartisan BRIDGE Act proposal to help close the gap in access t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that their bipartisan Finish the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) Act has been included as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the end result of bipartisan infrastructure negotiations they have both played a crucial role in over the past three months. Finish the ADHS Act would provide $1.25 billion in dedicated funding over five years for the network of more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that their bipartisan legislation requiring value for money analyses on federally-supported transportation loans has been included as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the end result of bipartisan infrastructure negotiations they have both played a crucial role in over the past three months. Public-private partnerships, or P3s, are contractual relationships between a s more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) announced that parts of their bipartisan Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness (ESIC) Act has been included as part of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the end result of the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations they have both played a crucial role in over the past three months. These provisions will improve energy efficiency in buildings and the industrial sector, which will help reduce  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) will receive $1 billion in new funding as part of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the end result of the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations from the past three months. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) includes $5.5 billion in funding to support ecosystems across the country. As Co-Chair of the Senat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced that their bipartisan RECYCLE Act has been included as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the end result of the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations from the past three months. The RECYCLE Act authorizes a new federal grant program through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help educate households and consumers about their residential and community  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced their bipartisan Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary Trees (REPLANT) Act has been included as part of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the end result of the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations from the past three months. The REPLANT Act quadruples investments to support reforestation projects on national forests by removing the current funding cap of $ more PR