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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Saturday August 03, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Brown Votes to Cut Taxes for Ohio Families, Ohio Manufacturers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the below statement on the bipartisan tax cut bill, which failed to advance in the Senate, despite receiving 48 votes from members of both parties. The House passed the bill earlier this year with overwhelming bipartisan support. The deal would have cut taxes for many Ohio families by expanding the Child Tax Credit, and supported Ohio manufacturers by incentiviz  more

Brown, Manufacturers, Retailers, Law Enforcement, & Workers Call on the Biden Administration to Close Massive Trade Loophole
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: BROOKLYN, OH Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined manufacturers, retailers, law enforcement, and workers at MMI Textiles in Brooklyn, Ohio to push for the Biden Administration to close a massive loophole that foreign countries like China exploit to avoid paying duties and fees they owe, and that fentanyl traffickers exploit to evade customs inspections. Brown has introduced bipartisan legislation to   more

Senator Brown: Honoring American Heroes With Flags Made by American Workers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on Aug. 2, 2024: On July 30th, the president signed our new law: the All-American Flag Act. Until now, the flags flown at military installations and government buildings, and even the flags that, tragically, are given to families of fallen servicemembers, were not required to be completely made in America. They only had to use 50 percent American materials. That means that half of the materials in American flags  more

Turner Announces Over $275,000 in Federal Funding For Local Firefighters
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: DAYTON, OHIO Today, Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) announced that more than $275,000 in federal funds has been awarded to local fire departments in the Miami Valley. Xenia Township and New Jasper Township, both located in Turner's district, were allocated funds under the Department of Homeland Security's Fiscal Year 2023 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program. "Xenia and its surrounding townships ar  more

Young, Colleagues Call on Biden Admin to Block American Tax Dollars From Going to Biofuels Made With Foreign Feedstocks
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), along with a bipartisan group of colleagues, called on the Biden Administration to block taxpayer money from being used to subsidize biofuels produced using imported foreign feedstocks such as Chinese used cooking oil and Brazilian ethanol. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the senators called   more