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• Senators Oppose HUD Rule That Rolls Back Efforts to Address Housing Discrimination, Segregation

  U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) - ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs – along with 36 Senate Democratic colleagues wrote in opposition to a proposed rule by the Department Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that would roll...…Read More

  Posted on 3/17/2020 | GROW, food, Discrimination, Car, development, Environment, Economic Development, EMS

• Brown Speaks To Ohio Farmers at Annual Breakfast

  Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) delivered remarks...…Read More

  Posted on 3/11/2020 | farmers, Agriculture, Conference, Climate change, Ohio Farm Bureau, 2018 Farm Bill, Environment, Administration, Farming

• Brown, Senators to EPA: Protect Communities in Region Five

  WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Gary Peters (D-MI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), today urged the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Administ...…Read More

  Posted on 2/6/2020 | Stabenow, Environment, Regulations, Public health, Environmental Protection Agency

• Brown, Baldwin Lead Senators Urging Labor Secretary to Establish Workplace Heat Safety Standards, As Workers Are Increasingly Impacted By Climate Change

  U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) today led a group of their Democratic colleagues in urging U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Eugene Scalia to establish new workplace safety standards for workers who are increasingly affected by severe...…Read More

  Posted on 11/19/2019 | Health, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA, Employment, Environment, Administration

• Senators Urge Review of U.S. Export Controls Regarding Developments in Hong Kong

  Today, U.S. Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, along with Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, led a letter to Sec...…Read More

  Posted on 9/10/2019 | Environment, Law enforcement, Commerce, Foreign Policy, development

• Brown, Portman Introduce Resolution Marking 50 Years of Environmental Progress since Cuyahoga River Fire, Call for Continued Action

  This week, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced a bipartisan resolution in the Senate marking 50 years of environmental progress since the last time the Cuyahoga River caught on fire on June 22, 1969. The Senate resolution describes how the fire spu...…Read More

  Posted on 6/21/2019 | Erie, Environmental Protection Agency, anniversary, national park, Great Lakes, natural resources, Lake Erie, Portman, Cuyahoga River, Clean Air Act, More Tags
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• What They’re Saying: More Than 180 Organizations Support Brown’s Family First Transition And Support Act

  Last week, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Family First Transition and Support Act, which would Read More

  Posted on 5/13/2019 | Families, Mental Health, Environment, community, Northeast Ohio