WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: During a Senate Finance Committee hearing earlier today, Senator Portman addressed concerns he had with a section of the Democrats' spending and tax bill that would create a fully federalized Medicaid program, stating that it would stifle innovation and put states that already expanded Medicaid, like Ohio, at a disadvantage. Portman also had concerns that this federal expansion of hundreds of billions of dollars would have a negative impact on  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: The U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Dave Joyce's (OH-14) legislation to ensure local youth addiction prevention coalitions have the resources necessary to continue their important work during the ongoing pandemic. The Drug Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act, which Joyce introduced alongside Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-06), passed by a bipartisan vote of 395-30. "As the former Geauga County Prosecutor, I've seen firsthand ho more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following floor statement on Oct. 20, 2021: * * * The House unanimously passed a bipartisan bill introduced by Congressmen Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) to rename the North Avondale Post Office at 3493 Burnet Avenue in Cincinnati the John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun Post Office, located in the neighborhood in which the two men went to school together. The bill has the full bipartisan support of Ohio's congressional delegation. John Leahr and Herbert "Herb"  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the following readout after he met with two of President Biden's nominees for United States Trade Representative (USTR). Brown met with Maria Pagan, nominee for Deputy USTR at the World Trade Organization, and Christopher Wilson, nominee for Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator at USTR. "I had good meetings with Ms. Pagan and Mr. Wilson and they both committed to centering their respec more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following joint statement on Oct. 20, 2021, Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, Republican leader of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, on House passage of bipartisan legislation on next-generation wireless technologies: * * * "Next-generation wireless technologies are going to shape our economy, our country, and the world in the coming decades. "This committee has a rich history of bipartisanship an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) a $1,399,909 grant. OCJS will utilize these funds for a sub-award to the Ohio Attorney General's Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to continue funding the conversion of paper criminal files that started with FY2019 NCHIP funding. "This much needed investment will help bui more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Rohit Chopra, the newly-confirmed Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), urging him to review the tenant screening industry and protect renters. In April, Chair Brown wrote to several tenant screening companies about the impact  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to Rohit Chopra, the newly-confirmed Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), urging him to review the tenant screening industry and protect renters. In April, Chair Brown wrote to several tenant screening companies about the impact of inaccuracies in their screening reports and scores, which can lock tenants out of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today hosted a news conference call to discuss the Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act and the mental health challenges affecting young Black girls, amid an alarming rise in suicide deaths. On the call, Brown spoke with clinical social worker, LaToya Logan, LISW-S, and Dr. Arielle Sheftall. Sheftall recently published a study through the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research at the Abigail more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rob Portman (R-OH), and Chris Coons (D-DE) announced that their bipartisan legislation, the Otto Warmbier North Korea Censorship and Surveillance Act, was reported out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This legislation, introduced in June, provides $10 million annually for the next five years to counter North Korea's repressive censorship and surveillance state, while also encouraging sanctions on those who enable  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chair of the Senate Banking Committee, along with Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), today reintroduced the Stop Wall Street Looting Act, a comprehensive bill to fundamentally reform the private equity industry and level the playing field by forcing private investment firms to take responsibility for more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: United States Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), along with Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), today reintroduced the Stop Wall Street Looting Act, a comprehensive bill to fundamentally reform the private equity industry and level the playing field by forcing private investment firms to take responsibility for the outcomes of companies they take over, empowering worker more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2021: United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chair of the Senate Banking Committee, along with Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), today reintroduced the Stop Wall Street Looting Act, a comprehensive bill to fundamentally reform the private equity industry and level the playing field by fo more PR