WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Following the news that workers ratified the collective bargaining agreement that UNITE HERE Local 23, the union representing the Senate Dining workers, reached with Restaurant Associates, the company that oversees the employment of Senate Dining workers, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) issued the following statement. "These workers served the Senate during a pandemic and a violent insurrection, yet fewer t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $500,000 in congressionally directed spending (CDS) to Franklin County to plan, design, and construct the Franklin County Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Center. The center will support adults in Franklin County experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, a c more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo at the U.S. Department of Commerce urging the Biden administration to take full advantage of the contributions, assets, and expertise available nationwide to establish two crucial semiconductor initiatives authorized by the recently passed and signed  more PR

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Oct. 19 -- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2022: Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) is today joining the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in announcing two POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) grants totaling $1,204,850 for Youngstown State University (YSU) and the Western Reserve Port Authority (WRPA) for broadband expansion and training. Youngstown State will receive $1,154,880 for a broadband tra more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release and letter: This week, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) joined Congressman Steve Scalise (LA-01) and over 100 of his colleagues in pressing President Biden on his failed energy policies and urging him to immediately issue a five- year offshore leasing plan that includes regular annual lease sales in America's offshore areas. As a leading Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, Joyce has long pushed for an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a series of letters and preservation notices to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, continuing the Committee Republicans' oversight of the Biden Administration's use of law-enforcement resources, including counterterrorism resou more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Training for the Acquisition Workforce Act to help bolster the federal workforce's understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) h more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that their bipartisan Planning for Animal Wellness (PAW) Act to help protect pets and other animals during and in the aftermath of natural disasters and emergencies has  more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 19 -- Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2022, and letter: Yesterday, Representative Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) requested answers from the United States Post Office regarding what steps they plan to take to restore standard postal services to Lynchburg, Ohio, residents. Currently, local residents have been without normal service following a fire at the United States Post Office in Lynchburg on June 16, 2022, which closed the branch indefin more PR