WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Portman delivered remarks at a press conference this afternoon outlining his concerns with the SALT tax provision in Democrats' massive tax and spending proposal. During his remarks, he pointed out that the real cost of the Democrats' proposal will be more than $4 trillion because many of the programs are unlikely to sunset, two-thirds of millionaires will receive a tax cut under the proposal and the SALT provision will be one the most expensive provisio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2021: During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) questioned Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, regarding the Russian military buildup on the borders of Ukraine. Senator Portman urged the United States to stand with Ukraine and demonstrate our resolve through the passage the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, since it includes funding for lethal defense weapons for Uk more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Mike Carey was appointed to serve on the House Budget Committee and the Science, Space and Technology Committee for the 117th Congress. After appointing Congressman Carey, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy released the following statement: "Mike's visionary leadership will play a pivotal role on his new committee assignments and he will help Republicans pushback against President Biden's failed agenda. He understands the priorities of the American peop more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) issued the following statement criticizing the exclusion of the SAFE Banking Act in the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act. "The exclusion of the SAFE Banking Act from the FY22 NDAA is incredibly disappointing. SAFE Banking is a commonsense component of the long-overdue effort to reform the federal government's outdated cannabis policy, one that has strong bipartisan support. Yet each time the House passes this importa more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2021: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program has awarded six grants totaling $1,767,957 to cities and counties across Ohio to assist local crime laboratories test their backlogs of DNA kits. These funds are crucial to ensure crime victims receive justice in a timely fashion. "Our ability to deliver justice t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Dec. 7, 2021, nominations hearing for Parisa Salehi to be inspector general of the Export-Import Bank and Brian Michael Tomney to be inspector general of the Federal Housing Finance Agency: * * * The Committee meets today to consider the nominations of: Parisa Salehi to be Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank; and Brian Tomney to be Inspector General of the Federal Housing more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 7, 2021: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement on the confirmation process of Dr. Saule Omarova, nominee to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC): "I again applaud the Biden Administration for the historic selection of Professor Saule Omarova to lead the OCC. Dr. Omarova i more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following statement: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement on the confirmation process of Dr. Saule Omarova, nominee to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC): "I again applaud the Biden Administration for the historic selection of Professor Saule Omarova to lead the OCC. Dr. Omarova is one of the most qualified nominees ever for this job because of her experience as a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) praised the announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a grant to the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM) through the FY 2021 Second Chance Act Adult Reentry Education, Employment, Treatment and Recovery Program. Portman is the original author of the Second Chance Act. LMM has been awarded $900,000 to use toward their Chopping for Change (C4C) program - a workforce dev more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressing concern over the DHS proposal to convert Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers from their current stat more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for an executive business meeting at 9 a.m. on Dec. 9, 2021, at 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Agenda I. Nominees * Bridget Meehan Brennan, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio * John H. Chun, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington * Charles Esque Fleming, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio * David Augustin Ruiz, to be United States District Judge fo more PR