WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: This week, the Department of Labor's (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced plans to begin implementing U.S. Senators' Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) plan to protect workers from heat hazards, publishing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings with provisions based on the senators' legislation. Curre more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: The Department of Labor's (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced plans to begin implementing U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) plan to protect workers from heat hazards, publishing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings with provisions based on the senators' legislation. Currently, OSHA does not have a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management hearing on "Strategies for Improving Critical Energy Infrastructure." Portman highlighted the need for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the bipartisa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Congressman Bill Johnson (R-Marietta) applauded the Ohio School Boards Association's (OSBA) decision to terminate its membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA). OSBA's decision comes after NSBA coordinated with the Biden Administration to label and investigate parents as domestic terrorists for wanting to be involved in children's education. "It's shameful that parents around the country are being labeled as domestic terro more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force, announced $1,777,440 in federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support five Great Lakes harmful algal bloom (HAB) research projects. NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciences and Integrated Ocean Observing System Office have awarded funding to initiate one new HAB research project, and continue four existing r more PR

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) is announcing $6.89 million for Northeast Ohio through the Ohio BUILDS water infrastructure grants program. This program was passed by the Ohio General Assembly as part of House Bill 168 with funding that was appropriated through the American Rescue Plan Act - which Ryan fought to pass in the U.S. House of Representatives. "The passage of the American Rescue Plan Act continues to be a lifeline for the working class across Ohio. These more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) voted today on two bipartisan bills that would improve access to disability benefits and mental health treatment for America's first responders and law enforcement officers. "We have an obligation as leaders to provide our nation's law enforcement officers with the resources they need to do their jobs, and that includes access to mental health services and benefits they have already been promised," said Rep. Tim Ryan. more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, ranking Republican member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to initiate a Department of Justice investigation into whether EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. violated federal law by failing to disclose information after using taxpayer funds to perform g more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) and Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (VA-10) introduced the National Domestic Violence Prevention Action Plan Act of 2021, important legislation that would expand, intensify, and coordinate domestic violence prevention programs in the United States. "Every sixty seconds, 20 Americans experience physical violence, sexual violence, threats, and/or psychological abuse from their intimate partner," said Congressman Joyc more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- 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, and U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the Ban Conflicted Trading at the Fed Act, legislation to prohibit Federal Reserve officials from trading individual stocks and ensure Americans can trust that the Federal Reserve is acting in the best interest of all Americans. Brown does not own indi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the Ban Conflicted Trading at the Fed Act, legislation to prohibit Federal Reserve officials from trading individual stocks and ensure Americans can trust that the Fe more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2021: Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed how the Senate-passed Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act includes Senators Portman, Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Joe Manchin's (D-WV) bipartisan Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, as well as provisions from his bipartisan Energy Savin more PR