WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, ranking Republican member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), House Committee on Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) sent letters to White House Presidential Personnel Office Director Cathy Russell and U.S. Department of the Interior Congressional and Legislative Af more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: The Beer Institute announced U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) as one of its "2021 Beer Champions" for his instrumental leadership in supporting federal policies that aid the success of U.S. brewers and beer importers. The Beer Institute recognized Portman for his leadership in the Senate, especially on the Senate Finance Committee, which was instrumental in providing long-term tax relief for brewers and beer importers through permanency of the tax provisions in more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Over the weekend I received some messages from constituents expressing concerns about my vote for the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after seeing misleading reports concerning a red flag provision within the bill. I want to be very clear: if you're reading that support for this year's NDAA equals support for red flag gun laws, you're reading fake news. I consistently vote against bills that infringe on my constituents' gun rights and make it m more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) sent a letter to the president of Austin, TX-based Eureka Holdings - owner of the Greenbelt Place Apartments complex - requesting he meet on site with residents, local stakeholders, and her office to see first-hand the conditions in which residents are living. "While the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the City of Toledo undertake separate, parallel investigations and inspections more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) and Toledo-based Unison Health announced that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, had awarded Unison Health a $3.6 million grant to expand the availability of mental health services in Lucas County. The $3.6 million grant will support the development of two programs in Lucas County managed by Unison Health - o more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $140,000 to fund the first year of a five-year Rural Universities Consortium (RUC) program at Bowling Green State University and Ohio University. The RUC program will provide support to communities and regional partners through technical assistance, applied research, the convening of regional conversations, and the dissemination of emergin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded a $250,000 grant to Columbiana County to install a new sewer system and a 50,000-gallon daily wastewater treatment plant in the Village of Hanoverton. The funds will help provide better sewer service to seven businesses and 153 households in the village. "Strong water and sewer infrastructure is critical to Ohio communities' ability to be economically comp more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded $90,000 to fund the first year of a five-year University Center Economic Development Program at Cleveland State University. The Economic Development Program will focus on cultivating innovation, advancing high-skilled entrepreneurship, developing a high-skilled regional workforce, and providing service and technical assistance within these more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $1,075,000 investment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Section 594 Ohio Environmental Infrastructure Program for the Coalton Phase II Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project in Jackson County. These funds will be used to install critical water infrastructure improvements while replacing the sewer system along several roadways throughout the village. "Strong water and sewer infrastructure is critical to O more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement on Sept. 28, 2021, at a hearing entitled "CARES Act Oversight of the Treasury and Federal Reserve: Supporting an Equitable Pandemic Recovery": * * * We all remember the dark days of 2008, and the painful years that followed. Secretary Yellen and Chair Powell, you both helped us deal with the aftermath in your roles at the Federal Reserve. When the biggest banks were in trouble, Washin more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) staff hosted a virtual roundtable with northeast Ohio County Veteran Service Office Directors, Commissioners, and staff. Brown's office will take the veterans' priorities back to Washington, where the Senator sits on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. "Our veterans answered the call to serve, and we have a responsibility to make sure they have everything they need to support their families, care for their health, and more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to register their growing concerns over Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's defiance of basic democratic norms. His repeated challenges to the rule of law and promises to disregard rulings of his country's Supreme Court, among other hallmarks of Caudillos, threaten a more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced that The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded $54 million in federal grants to Community Mental Health Centers across Ohio. These grants will continue to support and expand access to mental health and behavioral support as Americans continue to confront the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to SAMHSA, the funding comes from the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) of 202 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) sent a letter to Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, asking them to support workers by combining the reauthorization of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) with other proposals to strengthen U.S. trade remedy law and expand opportunities for Made in America exports. Democrats have proposed to ram through TAA reauthorization on a partisan basis without compre more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) joined 21 of his colleagues in introducing the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act, legislation to address the outstanding issues related to the administration's rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Joining Portman as original cosponsors are Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Jim Risch (R-ID), Todd Young (R-IN), John Barrasso (R-WY), Mike Rounds (R-SD) more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Steve Daines (R-MT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Mike Braun (R-IN) have introduced legislation to codify the Women's Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative. W-GDP, which was established in February 2019 as a groundbreaking, whole-of-government approach to advancing women's economic empowerment, reached 12 million women  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and fellow Senate Republicans, including every Republican member of the Senate Committee on Finance and Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to abandon the Biden administration's unprecedented proposal to expand the reporting of the private, confidential financial data of law-abiding Americans from financial institutions to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following joint statement: * * * U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the bipartisan Senate sponsors of the EQUAL Act, issued the below statement following the passage of the EQUAL Act in the House of Representatives by a bipartisan vote of 361-66: "Today, House Republicans and Democrats joined together in passing the EQUAL Act, legislation that will once and for all eliminate the u more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, and U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced legislation to provide a down payment on reforming the nation's unemployment insurance system. The Unemployment Insurance Improvement Act is a modified version of the discussion draft Bennet and Wyden released in April. It's designed to fit within the Finance Committee's piece of the Build more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) along with Jim Risch (R-Idaho), led 20 colleagues in introducing the Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act, legislation to address the outstanding issues related to the administration's rushed and disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Joining Blackburn and Risch as original cosponsors are Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) today applauded President Biden's decision to nominate Kenneth Parker for the position of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. The Southern District of Ohio serves over 5 million Ohioans, consists of the 48 southern counties in Ohio and has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton. Parker must now be confirmed by the full U.S. Senate. "Mr. Parker is a lifelong public servant who has de more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, chairman, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member, of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following joint news release on Sept. 28, 2021: U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to require critical infrastructure owners and operators to report to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) if  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) today introduced the Transatlantic Telecommunication Security Act (TTSA), which would strengthen European telecommunications infrastructure by helping key allies in the region build 5G networks. The bill would incentivize investments in non-Huawei 5G equipment and help federal agencies - like the State Department and U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) - improve the security of telecomm more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) introduced the Military Suicide Prevention in the 21st Century Act -- bipartisan legislation that authorizes a pilot program directing the Department of Defense (DOD) to download Virtual Hope Box, a behavioral health application, onto DOD-issued smart devices (including phones, computers, and tablets) and to use the application during suicide-prevention training. In 2014, the Defense Health Agency crea more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) to register their growing concerns over Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's defiance of basic democratic norms. His repeated challenges to the rule of law and promises to disregard rulings of his c more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2021: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken to register their growing concerns over Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's defiance of basic democratic norms. His repeated challenges to the rule of law and promises to disregard rulings of his country's Supreme Court, among other hallmarks of Caudillos, threaten a rupture with co more PR