WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: This morning at a hearing to examine "Social Media Platforms and the Amplification of Domestic Extremism and Other Harmful Content," expert witness, Dr. Nathaniel Persily, Co-Director, Stanford Cyber Policy Center, agreed with U.S. Senator Rob Portman's (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, that transparency an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: U.S. Representatives Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), Adam Kinzinger (IL-16), Susan Wild (PA-07), Scott Peters (CA-52), Tony Cardenas (CA-29), Dave Joyce (OH-14) and Peter Meijer (MI-03) introduced the Brycen Gray and Ben Price COVID-19 Neurological Impact Act, legislation that would authorize the National Science Foundation, in consultation with the National Institutes of Health, to award grants on a competitive basis to support research on neur more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: Congressman Tim Ryan today announced $500,000 for the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) to provide stress assistance for people in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations. These funds are a part of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant program through the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. ODA will use this federal investment to support projects that will improve behavioral health awareness and litera more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) to work to prevent suicide and provide mental health training in rural and agricultural communities across Ohio. "Every corner of Ohio has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the farming and agricultural communities across our state were no excep more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at an Oct. 28, 2021, hearing entitled "New Era for Consumer Protection: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Semi-Annual Report to Congress": * * * Welcome Director Chopra. You are stepping into a vital role for the American people. It's your job as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to stand up for the hundreds of millions of Americans who don't have a c more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: This morning, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed the need to address the threat of harmful content on social media and to hold online platforms accountable for knowingly facilitating such content. Portman highlighted his upcoming bipartisan legislation with Senator Chris Co more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and John Thune (R-SD) led a bipartisan group of senators in requesting an update on the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) efforts to streamline prior authorization protocols across programs, including Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The senators commended the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to ensuring timely access to health care and are encouraging the administration to take additional steps to more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, James Lankford (R-OK) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) requesting a review of the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) two recently released pipeline-f more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and John Thune (R-S.D.) in requesting an update on the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) efforts to streamline prior authorization protocols across programs, including Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The senators commended the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to ensuring timely access to health care and are encouraging the administration to take add more PR