WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on the nominations of Julia R. Gordon to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner , David Uejio to be Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and Solomon J. Greene to be Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development: * * * We will consider three nominations for critical  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Del. Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is hailing final passage through Congress of the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) for Veterans Therapy Act. Amata is an original cosponsor of H.R.1448, and supported a similar effort in the previous Congress. The Senate passed the bill this week, following up on House passage in May, so the bill has been sent to President Biden to be signed into law. This unique therapy bill, championed by Rep. Steve  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement after participating in the official renaming of NASA's Plum Brook Station to the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility. Rep. Kaptur was joined in Sandusky, Ohio by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and John H. Glenn Research Center Director Marla Perez-Davis. The renaming is a result of a bipartisan effort spearhead by Rep. Kaptur and Senator Rob Portman which led to the passage and s more PR

LIMA, Ohio, Aug. 12 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: Ryan Recently Helped Secure $65M to Upgrade the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank Which is Produced at the Lima Tank PlantLima, OH - Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), Vice Chairman of the U.S. House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, today toured the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio and spoke with the hardworking men and women who manufacture the Abrams tank at the plant. Ryan has been a longtime defender of the Joint Systems Manufacturing  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that AmeriCorps has awarded $2,744,430 to 10 organizations across Ohio to fund full-time and summer AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) members. AmeriCorps VISTA members serve full-time for one full year at a community organization, such as a nonprofit, faith-based organization, college or university, local government agency, and more, on anti-poverty projects across the countr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today commended the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- a part of the Biden administration -- for ending a policy approved by the last administration that placed burdensome work requirements on Ohioans, which had the potential to force thousands of people off of their health insurance coverage. "We should be making it easier for Ohioans to access care, not harder - especially at a time when Ohioans are fighting again more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) along with Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Ed Markey (D-MA) recently reintroduced the Comprehensive TB Elimination Act, which would give public health officials the necessary tools to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in the United States. This bill would reauthorize the National Strategy for Combating and Eliminating TB, as well as authorize the use of grants to help state health more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is standing with workers following the announcement that the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and Tridonex, an auto parts factory located in Matamoros in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, have reached an agreement following a complaint filed under the Brown-Wyden Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The complaint was originally filed by AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International Union (SE more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) along with Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bob Casey (D-PA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) today introduced legislation to update federal nursing home policy to improve quality of care and oversight, after the COVID-19 pandemic took the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents and workers in nursing homes. "This pandemic has shown us how necessary it is to impr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing the inclusion of $21.5 million in congressionally directed spending for the Upper Ohio Navigation System Project in the Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. The Upper Ohio Navigation System Project will modernize and upgrade capacity to the three oldest and smallest lock chambers (Emsworth, Dashields, and Montgomery) on the Ohio River. The Emswort more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) delivered remarks at the renaming ceremony of NASA's Plum Brook Station to the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility. The Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility, located on 6,400 acres in the Lake Erie community of Sandusky, is home to four world-class test facilities, which perform complex and innovative ground tests for the international space community. Neil Armstrong began his NASA career at the test facility before becom more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) issued the following statement on his vote against the $3.5 trillion budget resolution passed by Senate Democrats: "Congress should focus on helping grow our economy and get back on the path of strong growth we saw before the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, Senate Democrats passed a budget that paves the way for their $3.5 trillion tax and spending spree that will cost jobs and undermine our economy. This is exactl more PR