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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Saturday August 17, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Brown Announces Restoration Of More Than 800 Pensions For Newspaper Drivers Local 473
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: VALLEY VIEW, OH Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that Brown's Butch Lewis Act has saved the pensions of nearly 804 members of the Newspaper and Magazine Drivers, Chauffeurs and Handlers Union Local 473. Their pension plan will receive $31.6 million in pension restoration funding from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), allowing the plan to pay out the full benefits retirees earne  more

Brown Staff, Stark County Veterans Discuss Expanded Health Care for Veterans Exposed to Toxins
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: CANTON, OH Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's (D-OH) staff hosted a roundtable at the American Legion Post 44 in Canton to discuss new health and disability care for veterans who have been harmed by toxic exposure while serving in the military. Veterans are now eligible for expanded care due to Brown's bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) A  more

Consequences of Biden-Harris Administration Open-Borders Policies: Case of Laken Riley Murderer
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: Today, the House Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement released an interim report regarding Jose Ibarra, an illegal alien who crossed the border, was released into the country by Biden-Harris Administration, and allegedly murdered 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley in Athens, Georgia. T  more

Rep. Sykes Introduces AIRSHIP Act
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: The AIRSHIP Act would support research to advance innovations in airships vehicle technology, commonly known as blimps Today, U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) introduced the Airship Improvement Research for Safety and Humanitarian Innovation Projects (AIRSHIP) Act, legislation that would support the research into additional civil use cases for airships, often referred to as blimps, that could co  more

Senator Brown: Our All-American Flag Act is Now Law
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following newsletter on Aug. 9, 2024: On July 30th, the president signed our bill -- the All-American Flag Act -- into law. 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 Am  more