WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Department of Defense, on behalf of and in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services, awarded $6.5 million to increase domestic production of polyester-tipped swabs used in home COVID-19 testing kits and mass testing applications. This industrial base expansion will allow U.S. Cotton to increase its production capacity in Cleveland, Ohio, from 92 million polyester swab t more PR

DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined local government and community leaders at the Riverside Bridge (the Patterson Blvd. & East Monument Bridge) in Dayton to discuss how his Bridge Investment Act will put Ohioans to work repairing, replacing and upgrading outdated infrastructure in Greater Dayton and throughout the state. "Rebuilding Ohio bridges and infrastructure with American-made steel and products will create jobs and make our commun more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted students from My Brother's Keeper (MBK) chapters from around Ohio at the Great American Ballpark for a unique leadership event with the Cincinnati Reds. Students from MBK chapters in Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Lincoln Heights, Springfield, Youngstown and Columbus joined Brown and Reds representatives to engage with local leaders, former Major Leaguers, and each other. "My Brother's Keeper is a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) sent a letter to Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough expressing concern over the growing number of disability claims being filed with the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). Due to COVID-19, the VA temporarily paused in-person Compensation and Pension (C&P) examinations, which led to a significant backlog of claims. The senators also addressed the fact that the VA does  more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough expressing concern over the growing number of disability claims being filed with the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). Due to COVID-19, the VA temporarily paused in-person Compensation and Pension (C&P) examinations, which led to a significant backlog of claims. The senators also addressed the fact that the VA d more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 31 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging her "to use all means necessary to keep all internationally-held reserve assets of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan out of the hands of the Taliban's illegitimate Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and to firmly resist any efforts to release these funds." The senators highlighted that, "releasing any reserve assets to a Taliban-controlled Afghan more PR