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Portman, Brown Urge President Trump to Swiftly Approve Ohio’s Request for Addendum to Major Disaster Declaration
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today urged President Trump to act swiftly on Governor Mike DeWine’s request for an addendum to the Presidential Disaster Declaration granted on June 18, 2019. This addendum would include the Public Assistance Grant pro...…Read More
Posted on 7/11/2019 | -
ICYMI: Brown Calls On GM to Invest Profits into Lordstown Plant
In case you missed it, the Youngstown Vindicator today reported that GM reported higher than expected profits in the first quarter of 2019. Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on GM to invest those profits into its plant in Lordstown. “Instead of padding shar...…Read More
Posted on 5/1/2019 | -
On Senate Floor, Brown Again Calls on President Trump to Step Up and Support Auto Jobs as Falcon Transport in Youngstown Closes
*Download Production-Quality Video of Brown’s Remarks HERE.* On the Senate Floor yesterday, U.S. Sen...…Read More
Posted on 4/30/2019 | -
Brown Blasts GM Decision as Corporate Greed at Its Worst
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown today blasted General Motors’ decision to lay off its final shift of workers and close its Lordstown plant in March of 2019. Earlier this year, GM announced plans to build the new Read More
Posted on 11/26/2018 | -
Brown Announces $2 Million Investment in Mahoning Valley Manufacturing
Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) will invest $2 million to construct a manufacturing training space at Youngstown State University’s (YSU) Mahoning Valley Innovation and Commercialization Center. According to th...…Read More
Posted on 10/11/2017 | -
Brown Announces More Than $414,000 in Federal Funds to Support and Protect Firefighters in Trumbull, Mahoning Counties
Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $16,191 to the Bazetta Fire Department for fire prevention and $398,793 to the Youngstown Fire Department for hiring thr...…Read More
Posted on 9/6/2017 | -
On Overdose Awareness Day, Brown Joins Law Enforcement to Underscore Importance of Bipartisan Bill to Keep Fentanyl out of Ohio
POLAND, OH -Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Mahoning Valley law enforcement at the Mahoning Valley Law Enforcement Task Force to outline his bipartisan legislation to keep the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl out of Ohio communities and provide border agents and other law...…Read More
Posted on 8/31/2017 |