WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021: For the sixth consecutive week, Senator Portman came to the Senate floor to criticize Democrats' proposals to raise taxes to fund their reckless reconciliation bill. Portman first highlighted how Democrats want to raise taxes on foreign earnings by U.S. companies by hiking the global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) rate. Currently, the GILTI rate is 13.125 percent. Under Democrat proposals, this would be raised to around 17.4 percent, a dr more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2021: Last week, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced the Student Assisted Vaccination Effort Act with Congressman Tom O'Halleran (AZ-01) as well as Congressman David McKinley (WV-01) and Congresswoman Roybal-Allard (CA-40). Known as the SAVE Act, this bipartisan legislation would permanently allow qualified health professions students to administer vaccinations in future public health emergencies. "This pandemic made it painfully clear that an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Turner recently joined Reps. Annie Kuster (D-NH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) to reintroduce H.R. 5697, the Community Re-Entry through Addiction Treatment to Enhance (CREATE) Opportunities Act. This legislation works to expand access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for individuals in incarceration and would create a new grant program within the Department of Justice for state and local governments to provide more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined a bipartisan group of senators led by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) calling on President Joe Biden to provide more U.S. leadership and step up efforts to increase global vaccine access to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. "We urge you in the strongest possible terms to do more to lead global efforts to end this pandemic and increase global vaccine access. We also encourage you to place a stronger focus on development of more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, met with home care workers and disability advocates to discuss Brown and President Biden's plan to invest in home and community-based services (HCBS). Under our current long-term care system, too many people cannot access the care they need in their homes and communities, even though these are the environments where most people prefer to receive care. "Caregiving is some of the mos more PR

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh joined leadership from the Cleveland-based Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET), employers, workers and students, to show Sec. Walsh the manufacturing innovation taking place in Cleveland and press for more investment in Ohio manufacturing innovation. The U.S. Senate recently passed the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), which included key provisions from more PR