U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, along with Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Dan Schulman, President and CEO of PayPal, in response to reports of widespread fraud and scams on Venmo, a peer‑to‑peer instant payments platform owned by PayPal.
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3) and Neal Dunn (R-FL-2) introduced the Import Security and Fairness Act, which would close a key loophole that foreign companies exploit to avoid paying duties and fees to unfairly compete with Ohio businesses.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik announced on July 7 that the state will award more than $20 million in grants to support 104 arts-based organizations in 33 counties.
This week, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Gary Peters (D-MI) introduced the All-American Flag Act, which would require the federal government to only buy flags completely produced and manufactured in the United States.
During a Senate Committee on Finance hearing titled “Anti-Poverty and Family Support Provisions in the Tax Code,” U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called for an expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) to cut taxes for families and help them keep up with the rising cost of living.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown hosted a conference call with Ohio parents and farmers to discuss his efforts to make child care more available and affordable in rural communities.
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Dick Durbin (D-IL) led 41 Senate Democrats in reintroducing the Working Families Tax Relief Act.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) convened more than 30 Ohio college and university presidents for his 16th annual College Presidents Conference in Washington, D.C.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted discussed a number of priority items in the new Fiscal Year 2024-2025 operating budget that will support Ohio's workforce, children, and communities.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,076,472 grant to the University of Cincinnati for research on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,499,602 grant to The Ohio State University for research on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $2,496,445 grant to Case Western Reserve University for research on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bob Casey (D-PA), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) urged the State and Commerce Departments to warn American businesses still operating in Russia that they could indirectly and inadvertently be funding Putin’s invasion of Ukraine – and putting themselves at legal risk.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine requested that President Joseph R. Biden issue a Major Presidential Disaster Declaration relating to the Norfolk Southern train derailment and release of hazardous chemicals that occurred in East Palestine. on July 5 was the deadline set by the Federal Emergency Management Agency following a previous extension request.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited RBS Manufacturing in East Palestine to hear directly from local manufacturers about their ongoing concerns as they deal with the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment.
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging the administration to revise tariff exclusion rules previously approved for aluminum extrusion products.
Senator JD Vance joined NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday to discuss the fentanyl crisis, including the role the U.S. military could have in defeating the cartels, the economic drivers of addiction, and the role the Chinese Communist Party plays in allowing the export of fentanyl precursor chemicals.