WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) joined a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to move forward swiftly with rulemaking to automatically discharge the outstanding student loans of more than 517,000 Americans with a total and permanent disability (TPD). The letter is also signed by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Angus King (I-Maine), a more PR

APPLE CREEK, Ohio, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Representative Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16) toured the Wayne County Regional Fire Rescue Training Facility alongside representatives from The Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP). "Educating Ohio's current and future leaders is something that I remain incredibly focused on," Gonzalez said. "It was a pleasure to be able to tour the Wayne County Regional Fire Rescue Training Facility, where I was able to see firsthand th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2021: * * * Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. "For nearly 50 years, Richard Trumka fiercely defended the rights of, and advanced justice for millions of hardworking men and women who clocked in to work every day to build up their own version of the American Dream. "I have always admired his fight against job-outsourcing and unfair trade agreements such as NAFTA. His  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after meeting with the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, All Aboard Ohio, the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission, Amtrak, and the Federal Railroad Administration to encourage enhanced Amtrak connectivity in the Midwest. With a trillion-dollar infrastructure package making its way through Congress - and more than $65 billion expected to be included for passe more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today announced $455,590 in federal funds to the Austintown Township Fire Department. The award is an Assistance to Firefighters Grant administered by the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). "This funding will help the fire departments of Austintown, Coitsville and Craig Beach to do their jobs safely, and helping to provide this funding is one of the most important things I can  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) today applauded President Biden's latest actions to position America to drive the electric vehicle future forward, outcompete China, and tackle the climate crisis - including a target of 50% electric vehicle sales share by 2030. "China is already two steps ahead of us in the electric vehicle space, and if we don't act now, we'll get left in their dust. Luckily, we in Northeast Ohio are already at the starting blocks. Wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) fought to protect Ohio workers by filing a bipartisan amendment with Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Bob Casey (D-PA) to strengthen trade protections for U.S. steel workers in the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which the Senate is considering this week. Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest producer of flat-rolled steel in North America and North America's only producer of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES), which is used in U more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement on Aug. 5, 2021, at a nominations hearing for Julia Gordon, David Uejio and Solomon Greene to be assistant secretaries of Housing and Urban Development: * * * We will consider three nominations for critical roles at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Julia Gordon has been nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on Aug. 5, 2021: * * * U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the following statement on the untimely passing of his friend, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. "Rich Trumka embodied the soul of the labor movement - the dignity of work, the idea that hard work should pay off for everyone. Few have done more for working people in this country than Rich. Giving workers a voice has been his life's work - from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to the picket line, from t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) led a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to move forward swiftly with rulemaking to automatically discharge the outstanding student loans of more than 517,000 Americans with a total and permanent disability (TPD). The letter is also signed by U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Angus King (I-Maine), and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and U.S. R more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that his bipartisan Bridge Investment Act has been included as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the end result of the bipartisan infrastructure negotiations he has helped to lead over the past three months. This bill would establish a competitive grant program to assist the repair and replacement of deficient and outdated bridges and ease the national bridge repair backlog. It will also more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, highlighted the importance of hearing and learning from current government officials about the magnitude of the domestic terrorist and violent extremist threat and how the Biden administration is working to address and combat these threats at the seco more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2021: During the second hearing this week to examine the persistent and concerning threat posed by domestic terrorists and violent extremists, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned experts on what role the federal government could and should be playing in working to prevent and addre more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Chris Coons (D-DE), Angus King (I-ME), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representatives Ron Kind (D-WI) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) signed a bipartisan, bicameral letter urging U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to move forward swiftly with rulemaking to automatically discharge the outstanding student loans of more than 517,000 Americans with a total and permanent disability (TPD). While the Hi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will provide an historic investment in in our nation's infrastructure, repairing and upgrading our crumbling roads, bridges, and more, while improving productivity, growing our economy, and creating good-paying jobs. Here are a few of the highlights of this landmark bill, many of which will benefit Ohio directly: Provides for historic investment in Ohio's nearly 123,000 miles of roadway. Even though Ohio's roadway net more PR