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  • March 12, 2024

    We know corporations are constantly finding new ways to charge customers more and boost their profits. Every time Ohioans check out at the store, they aren’t just paying for their groceries, they’re paying for corporate stock buybacks and executive bonuses. In 2022 alone, grocery prices increased by 12 percent – the largest spike in nearly 50... Read More
  • March 04, 2024

    We know what a problem unfair foreign competition is – particularly by countries like China, where companies are always finding new ways to cheat.  One current loophole allows these companies – along with drug traffickers – to evade U.S. taxes, fees, and inspections when packages are worth less than $800. It’s known as the “de minimis”... Read More
  • February 16, 2024

    No Ohio veteran should be kicked out of their home when they’re trying to get back on track with payments. As Chair of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, I’m working to make home ownership more affordable for everyone, including our veterans and servicemembers. During the height of the pandemic, when many families faced financial... Read More
  • February 07, 2024

    Nearly everyone in Ohio has a fentanyl story – it may be in your own family, it may be a neighbor, it may be a coworker. They’re stories of families torn apart. Of parents losing teenagers before they graduate high school. Of grandparents stepping in to raise grandchildren. We’ve all lost someone, or know someone who’s lost someone. It’s a crisis... Read More
  • February 02, 2024

    It’s one reason it would be so dangerous to allow foreign adversaries to buy up local farmland in Ohio and around the country. It’s a threat to our food, it’s a threat to our national security, and it’s a threat to rural economies and communities. We can’t let that happen.   It’s why I introduced bipartisan legislation to expose foreign farmland... Read More
  • January 29, 2024

    This time of year Ohioans know all too well how important reliable electricity is.  When storms knock out transformers and power lines, it takes too many communities too long to get the power back on. One big reason is often delays in getting new transformers – the metal boxes on power line poles.  Transformers are crucial to our electric grid, and... Read More
  • January 19, 2024

    This week, we announced a bipartisan tax cut deal that does both – it would cut taxes for many Ohio parents and for Ohio manufacturers, and would also protect residents of East Palestine from surprise tax bills. This deal has four key parts: First, it expands the Child Tax Credit. The Child Tax Credit is one of the best tools we have to make... Read More
  • January 12, 2024

    Right now, electric cooperatives provide more than 380,000 homes and businesses in Ohio with affordable and reliable electricity. It’s why I’m working to stop federal red tape that would make it harder for these co-ops to stop electric bills from going up. Rural communities depend on these cooperatives. They’re locally owned, support good-paying... Read More
  • December 18, 2023

    Our local law enforcement officers are on the front lines of the fentanyl crisis. They know all too well the toll it’s taking on communities across our state. One of the best ways we can support Ohio law enforcement is to stop fentanyl at its source, before it enters the country and before it reaches our communities. That’s why I am pressing the... Read More
  • December 08, 2023

    For too long, bad policy and unfair foreign competition have hurt steel towns across Ohio and the businesses and workers who built our economy. We fought for and won an historic victory for Ohio steelworkers with our Buy America protections in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will require every federal project to use American steel. We’re... Read More
  • December 01, 2023

    Without this delay, online sellers and small businesses would be required to complete a 1099-K tax form for any transactions over $600 starting in January, creating more red tape for Ohioans. Many online sellers are entrepreneurs trying to get their small business off the ground, which is difficult enough on its own. And in an economy where... Read More
  • November 17, 2023

    No one understands the consequences of decades of bad trade deals like Ohio workers. My values have always been clear: no trade deals without strong, enforceable labor standards – standards that guarantee Ohio workers a real, level playing field. That’s almost never the case. It’s why I was so concerned with the trade portion of the Indo-Pacific... Read More
  • November 10, 2023

    Our veterans risked their lives and gave up time with their families to protect us. They missed birthdays, little league games, recitals, and anniversaries. Their families gave up time with their loved ones, spending months, if not years, apart. They moved frequently, uprooting their lives again and again. As we pay tribute to those who have served... Read More
  • October 27, 2023

    It’s pretty simple: Every Ohio family and Ohio business should have reliable, high-speed internet. It’s a crucial aspect of modern society, and one of the most important tools for economic development. But too many policymakers and executives on the coasts assume anyone, anywhere can get online. They’re overlooking communities across the country... Read More
  • October 20, 2023

    That’s why we worked to create a national network of defense innovation hubs. Republican Rep. Michael Turner and I fought to make sure Ohio was included. And we made it happen in Beavercreek. Ohio is just one of five states across the country chosen to host a hub. It will ensure that we have the talent and technology to address our greatest... Read More
  • October 13, 2023

    For most teachers, hard work never pays off the way it should. It’s no secret that they are underpaid and overworked, always sacrificing for their students, families and communities. For many educators, that includes spending their own hard-earned money on classroom supplies to give students the education they deserve. According to a Department of... Read More
  • October 06, 2023

    Communities come to us and tell us what they need. That’s how this should work. Ohioans know what they need best. And one of the big things we hear from Ohio communities is that they need new resources and new tools to keep people safe. That’s why we worked to secure nearly $23 million in grants for the state and local law enforcement. These grants... Read More
  • October 02, 2023

    Social Security is a bedrock of our middle class. It’s retirement security that Ohioans pay into and earn over a lifetime of work – and should be able to count on to be there for them when they retire. But right now, laws dating back to the 1970s and 1980s prevent almost 250,000 Ohioans from receiving the Social Security benefits they have earned... Read More
  • September 25, 2023

    After the disaster, Norfolk Southern made a lot of big promises to Ohioans. More than half a year later, they still haven’t followed through on all their commitments to make the East Palestine community whole. Last week, I was back in East Palestine to hear from local health care providers about what they are seeing from patients in the community.... Read More
  • August 24, 2023

    You shouldn’t have to live in a big city or a wealthy suburb to have good job opportunities, quality healthcare, high-speed internet, or a great education for your kids. Ohio deserves better.  Today, though, opportunity is arriving in places too long overlooked by corporate America, and too long ignored by both political parties. And much of the... Read More