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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 | 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
  Environment, Fish, bipartisan

• 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

• 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 | Cleveland, Portman, Conservation, Cuyahoga River, Environment, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

• 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 | CDC, USTR, Drinking water, Environmental Protection Agency, Environment

• 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 | Environment, OCC, Health, ARC, bipartisan