WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: Congresswoman Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) announced key members of her Congressional Office leadership team, including: Veleter M. B. Mazyck, Esq., Chief of Staff; Kimberly Hodge Edwards, Deputy Chief of Staff/District Director; Jasmine Lastery-Butler, Executive Assistant and Scheduler; Julian Sham, Legislative Director; Conor L. Fryer, Communications Director; and Ebony Webster, Press Secretary. "I am pleased to announce the members of my lead more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) joined a bipartisan group of 27 of his House colleagues today to call on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to quickly hold a vote on legislation to ban members of Congress from owning or trading stocks. The letter comes after a year in which rules governing stock trading by members of Congress were broken hundreds of times, often without repercussions. "Congress should close these loopholes more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - senior member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry- released the following statement after the Biden Administration announced the appointment of Jonathan McCracken to serve as Ohio's State Director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Rural Development. McCracken held various roles in Senator Brown's legislative office as Legislative Assistant for 15 years, covering Agricultur more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter: Last week, the Administration announced that the first round of bridge investment is already on its way to Ohio, thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan. After decades of underinvestment, Ohio communities will finally be able to begin projects to repair or replace more than 3,200 bridges across the state, making them safer, reducing congestion, and creating jobs that can't be shipped overseas. For years, Ohio mayors of both parties have been talking about more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 24, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics showing a record number of border arrests in December as the United States continues to face a crisis at our southern border: "The December  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema introduced bipartisan legislation that honors federal civil servants who die in the line of duty by ensuring their survivors receive the fair benefits they've earned through their service and sacrifice. Sinema's bill is backed by Senate Homeland Security Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Committee Ranking Member Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.). "Civil servants and their loved ones, who make th more PR