WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Scottsdale Airport is slated to receive an additional $3,735,000 over the next five years to make repairs and upgrades, once the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act--historic legislation led by Arizona's senior U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Chair of the Senate Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation Subcommittee--becomes law. The sweeping legislation, co-led by Republican Senator Rob Portman (Ohio) and supported by President Joe Biden, r more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Yuma Marine Corps Air Station and Yuma International Airport are slated to receive an additional $6,890,355 over the next five years to make repairs and upgrades, once the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act--historic legislation led by Arizona's senior U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Chair of the Senate Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation Subcommittee--becomes law. The sweeping legislation, co-led by Republican Senator Rob Portman (Oh more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12) issued the following statement Monday in response to the deteriorating situation at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. "Our allies and adversaries around the world are watching how the U.S. handles the crisis unfolding at the airport in Kabul. "Images of political refugees clinging to American military aircraft in futile attempts to evacuate the country are heart-wrenching. "We must take every possible step to ensure more PR

BAINBRIDGE, Ohio, Aug. 17 -- Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2021: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) issued the following statement in response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. "The Taliban's rapid recapture of Afghanistan represents a multitude of threats, both immediate and far-reaching," said Joyce. "It's hard to comprehend that we had the capacity to avoid this humanitarian and security disaster by facilitating a responsible withdrawal, but instead, the President's decisions have  more PR

NILES, Ohio, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) issued the following statement on the situation in Afghanistan. "As my team and I keep a close eye on the situation in Afghanistan, my heart and gratitude are with the men and women of the U.S. military who have served and sacrificed so much, the American civilians fleeing the country, and the Afghan nationals who served as crucial allies in our mission there. "The scenes on the ground are heartbreaking and we need to do everyth more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: "President Biden's speech ignored the reality that Afghanistan will now be a sanctuary for terrorist groups. He has passed this terrorist threat onto future Presidents and generations," said Turner. "Furthermore, Biden continues to underplay the situation in Afghanistan by calling it merely a "situation" or referring to it as "messy." He fails to comprehend that his poor judgement has made American citizens less safe." concluded Turner. more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: "Ever since Biden hastily left Afghanistan in the middle of the night, I have been calling this situation more of a surrender than a withdrawal. The Biden administration left a weakened Afghan national military by ripping the US and NATO forces from the integrated chain of command," said Turner. "The big difference between what the Trump administration was going to do and the Biden administration is that the Trump administration was negotiating with the Tal more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2021: * * * Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-02) issued the following statement regarding President Biden's handling of the current situation in Afghanistan. "This chaos didn't have to happen. There is no excuse for what we are seeing play out right now, and I'm disheartened and sad as I watch the images coming out of Afghanistan. American embassy personnel and citizens are huddled in the overrun Kabul airport awaiting emergency evacuation. Afghans are more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following statement on Aug. 16, 2021: * * * Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-02) issued the following statement regarding the current situation in Afghanistan. "The chaos happening on the ground as the Taliban takes control of Kabul and the provincial capitals of Afghanistan is a heartbreaking travesty. This scenario was predictable, avoidable, and made possible by the decisions made by this administration. "Regardless of what one thinks of overall withdrawal from Afghanistan, what  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making $500 million available in emergency rural health care grants as part of the American Rescue Plan, which Brown helped write and pass to provide critical assistance for Ohioans. The awards will be made available for rural health care facilities, and communities to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, health care services and nutrition assistance. more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman, senior member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on the deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan: "In 2001, after Al Qaeda launched a series of unprecedented deadly attacks on the United States, our armed forces entered Afghanistan to fight Al Qaeda terrorists who were being harbored by the Taliban. Over the past 20 years, both Republican and Democrat administrations realized the value of  more PR