Recent News About Sherrod Brown
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Ohio, National Law Enforcement Applaud Brown’s Bipartisan Legislation to Target Illicit Fentanyl Supply Chain
Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led the introduction to his Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, a sanctions and anti-money laundering bill to help combat the country’s fentanyl crisis by targeting opioid traffickers devastating Ohio communities.
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Brown Announces More Than $1.9 Million for Brownfield Revitalization in Northeast Ohio
On June 1, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded three Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) grants totaling $1,918,685 to three organizations in Northeast Ohio.
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Brown Announces $900,000 for Brownfield Revitalization in Southeast Ohio
On June 1, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded two Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) grants totaling $900,000 for two Southeast Ohio organizations.
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Brown Announces More Than $1.2 Million for Brownfield Revitalization in Cincinnati
On June 1, 2023 U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded two Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) grants totaling $1,297,437 for two organizations in Cincinnati.
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Brown Announces $500,000 for Brownfield Revitalization in Lima
On June 1, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup (MARC) grant totaling $500,000 to the City of Lima to conduct 18 environmental site assessments, inventory brownfield sites, support community outreach activities and develop four cleanup plans, two reuse assessments, and one brownfields revitalization plan.
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Brown Discusses New PACT Act Benefits for Veterans Exposed to Toxins
On June 1, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a roundtable at AMVETS Post 95 in Mount Vernon to discuss new health care and disability benefits for veterans who have been harmed by toxic exposure while serving in the military.
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Brown, Franklin County Leaders Call for Passage of FEND Off Fentanyl Act
On June 1, 2023, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined local leaders and law enforcement personnel at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office to discuss his Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, a sanctions and anti-money laundering bill aimed at combatting the country’s fentanyl crisis and saving lives in Ohio.
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Brown, Cotton, Joyce, Spanberger Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Help Law Enforcement Investigate Fentanyl, Protect Officers
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) along with U.S. Representatives David Joyce (R-OH-14) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7) reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to provide state and local law enforcement with high-tech devices to detect and identify dangerous drugs like fentanyl
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Bipartisan Support Grows for Brown’s FEND Off Fentanyl Act
To mark National Fentanyl Awareness Day, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), the committee’s ranking member, highlight the rapidly growing support for the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act.
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Brown Announces More Than $1.6 Million for Infrastructure in Southeast Ohio
On May 9, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded three grants totaling $1,656,000 to three organizations in Southeast Ohio to support sewer improvement projects, utilities, and water infrastructure.
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Brown, Colleagues Lead Bipartisan Push to Protect Critical Services, Essential Resources for Veterans
.To ensure continuous support for the nation’s veterans, caregivers, and their families, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jon Tester (D-MT) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced their bipartisan Critical Health Access Resource and Grant Extensions (CHARGE) Act of 2023 to extend essential Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs and authorities currently set to expire May 11th including measures currently being implemented by VA to curb veteran homelessness, support caregivers, and assist State Veterans Homes dealing with staffing shortages
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Brown Announces More Than $190,000 to Improve Roads in Rural Southeast Ohio
On May 9, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded two grants totaling $191,300 to Madison and Windsor Township for equipment to maintain roadways.
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Bipartisan Support Grows for Brown’s Railway Safety Bill
On May 8, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the below statement as bipartisan support grows for his Railway Safety Act of 2023. U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Mitt Romney (R-UT), as well as former President Donald Trump, announced their support for the bill.
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Brown Announces More Than $1.5 Million in AmeriCorps Funding for Columbus
On May 8, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced AmeriCorps awarded a $1,563,539 grant to City Year in Columbus to support 70 AmeriCorps members provide full-day education services to third to tenth grade students in eight public schools to improve literacy and math.
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Brown Announces Nearly $230,000 in AmeriCorps Funding to Fight Addiction in Cincinnati
On May 8, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced AmeriCorps awarded a $229,355 grant to Mercy Health in Cincinnati to support 14 AmeriCorps members provide services related to the reduction and prevention of prescription drug and opioid abuse in urban and rural Mercy Health emergency departments in Ohio.
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Brown Announces More than $2.5 Million for AmeriCorps Funding in Cleveland
On May 6, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that AmeriCorps has awarded $2,520,982 in State and National grants to two organizations in Cleveland to support 110 AmeriCorps members.
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Brown Announces More than $2.1 Million for Americorps Funding in Southeast Ohio
.On May 6, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that AmeriCorps has awarded $2,169,799 in State and National grants to three organizations in Southeast Ohio to support 138 AmeriCorps members.
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Brown, Colleagues Call on USPS to Fix System that Could Cut Rural Postal Carrier Pay
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to fix a system that could result in pay cuts for thousands of rural letter carriers.
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Brown, Federal Transit Administrator, Announce $130 Million to Replace 40-Year-Old Rail Car Fleet in Cleveland
On May 5, 2023, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) Central Rail Facility to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration has invested $130 million to replace GCRTA’s aging rail cars.
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Brown Announces Nearly $2 Million to Support Computer Science Education at Baldwin Wallace University and Meet Workforce Needs
.U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1,989,847 grant to Baldwin Wallace University to establish a consortium of 15 higher education institutions to increase the number of students who complete their Bachelor of Science degrees in computer science to help meet workforce needs with a focus on underrepresented groups in computing.