WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: In an interview on Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto, Senator Portman discussed the escalating crisis in Ukraine, as President Putin of Russia becomes more emboldened by the day to invade its neighbor. During the interview, Portman underscored the need to support Ukraine and made clear that Russia will face severe consequences if they invade their sovereign neighbor. Over the weekend, Senator Portman traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine, to meet with  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Portman, co-chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus, made a joint appearance with Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning to discuss the escalating crisis in Ukraine, as Russia continues its escalation on the Ukraine border. During the interview, Portman underscored the need to support Ukraine and made clear that Russia will face severe consequences if they invade their sovereign neighbor. Over the weekend, Senators Portman and Shah more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: In an interview last night on PBS' News Hour with Judy Woodruff, Senators Portman and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) discussed the escalating crisis in Ukraine, as President Putin of Russia becomes more emboldened by the day to invade its neighbor. During the interview, Portman underscored the need to support Ukraine and made clear that Russia will face severe consequences if they invade their sovereign neighbor. Over the weekend, Senators Portman and S more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), Co-Chair of the Congressional Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus, delivered a House floor speech to raise awareness of the worsening fentanyl epidemic in the United States. According to data analysis by local group Families Against Fentanyl (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://u12097671.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=9rudYHeevExQpJ5A1h-2BA7UPNjt7-2BXymJ-2B3ssD6DK4yroCDBIz01duj09-2BayKIHWxdaH7_tgdHMiTtdE-2BPGBttMrwALu7K3LUmP0i81g more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) delivered a floor speech calling on the federal government to deliver the residents of Pike County, Ohio, home to the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site (PORTS), the money they are owed for their integral role in our nation's efforts to win the Cold War. Ryan specifically called for the renegotiation of its current Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) agreement. PILT payments ensure local communities are compensated du more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) led a bipartisan group of his colleagues on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in urging the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to take additional steps to protect American athletes from the Chinese government's efforts to suppress free speech and mine their personal data as well as to ensure their overall safety and well-being. The letter comes amid reports that the Chin more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $2,168,795 in grant funding over the next three years to the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) in Rootstown to support the local health and public safety workforces. These funds come from HRSA's Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program, which will help NEOMED provide  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $2,081,016 in grant funding over the next three years to the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus to support the health and public safety workforces. These funds come from HRSA's Health and Public Safety Workforce Resiliency Training Program, which will he more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 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 Agriculture (USDA) has made emergency funds available for Ohio farmers who experienced excessive rain in October 2021. Due to heavy rains and flooding that saturated Northwest Ohio fields and destroyed crops in October, the USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) declared Wood County a natural disaster area. This designation means farmers in Wood County as well as Hancock, Lucas, Henry, Ottawa, more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (TNSRep) -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 20, 2022: * * * Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the Federal Reserve's report on central bank digital currencies. "The Federal Reserve's report is a good first step toward designing a central bank digital currency that will bring more Americans into our banking syst more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Rob Portman (R-OH), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bob Casey (D-PA), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to heed the unanimous recommendation of the International Trade Commission (ITC) and extend the Section 201 safeguard tariffs on solar panels for another four years. In May 2017, U.S. solar panel manufacturers filed a Section 201 safeguard petition with the ITC, seeking global t more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in sending letters to President Joe Biden, Architect of the Capitol J. Brett Blanton, and Secretary of the Senate Sonceria Ann Berry, urging them to prioritize the purchase of masks made in the U.S. with U.S. materials. Senator Cortez Masto and her colleagues are pushing to ensure that American taxpayer dollars are being spent on American  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Bob Casey (D-PA), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to heed the unanimous recommendation of the International Trade Commission (ITC) and extend the Section 201 safeguard tariffs on solar panels for another four years. In May 2017, U.S. solar panel manufacturers filed a Section 201 safeguard petition with the ITC, s more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 20, 2022: Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), along with all of the Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to their Senate colleagues emphasizing the wide-ranging drawbacks of the drug price control mandates contained in the House-passed Build Back Better Act (BBBA). The senators note the tax-and-spending proposal includes a number of problematic drug pricing provisions that risk undermining biomedical innovation, exacerbating inflatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Jan. 13, 2022, confirmation hearing: * * * Unsolved civil rights cold cases reflect a difficult period in our nation's history. They are stories of real people with real families who are still looking for answers. Joining in that search are journalists, scholars, and others. The Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board will play an important role in making records o more PR