Environment
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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 | -
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 | -
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 | -
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 | -
Brown Applauds Cuyahoga River’s Designation as ‘River of the Year’
CLEVELAND, OH - Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded American Rivers’ designation of the Cuyahoga River as the ‘River of the Year.’ American Rivers...…Read More
Posted on 4/19/2019 | -
Brown Opposes Andrew Wheeler’s Nomination to Head EPA
Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) voted against Andrew Wheeler’s nomination to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Brown opposed Wheeler’s nomination as Deputy Administrator of EPA in 2018, and has expresse...…Read More
Posted on 2/28/2019 | -
Brown Presses Federal Agencies to Prioritize Studies on Health Effects of Firefighters’ Exposure to PFAS Chemical
Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown joined a group of bipartisan colleagues in a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Subs...…Read More
Posted on 12/14/2018 |