WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced new training initiatives for Ohio emergency responders to prepare for incidents involving bulk shipments of hazardous materials, and an investment to support new HAZMAT shipper inspection. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has invested a total of $950,187 in two Ohio agencies to improve emergency pre  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is pushing for more effective research on fentanyl traffickers and their tactics, requesting information from the INTERDICT Science Center of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on what is needed to allow the center to better detect fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. The INTERDICT Science Center is a centralized facility that provides scientific support to CBP headquarters   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement on Huntington Bank's decision to reopen its Buckeye-Shaker branch in Cleveland: "The permanent closure of the Buckeye branch would have left families and small businesses with even fewer choices than before. I'm glad that Huntington listened to the voices of the com  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) introduced bipartisan legislation to advance the manufacturing of renewable biochemicals from domestic biomass in the United States by creating a tax credit for the production of these chemicals by American companies. The legislation would help to build new markets for domestically produced biomass, advance American energy independence and create American   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Today, Representative Mike Carey (OH-15) announced his office was working on legislation aimed at ending instances of Social Security overpayment clawbacks and protecting those who receive overpayment from undue burdens. Carey is Vice Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee's Social Security Subcommittee. Carey said, "Almost a million Americans every year, including some right here in Ohio's  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: Recently, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced the Higher Education Accountability Tax (HEAT) Act. The legislation aims to hold wealthy, elite universities accountable for the role they have played in the student debt crisis and seeks to stop tuition increases incentivized by the President's misguided student loan cancellation plan. Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis is an original co-sponsor of the bill. "P  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Aug. 12, 2024: * * * Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement on Huntington Bank's decision to reopen its Buckeye-Shaker branch in Cleveland: "The permanent closure of the Buckeye branch would have left families and small businesses with   more