Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Wednesday announcing the COVID-19 Bias and Anti-Racism Training Act, legislation to ensure health providers and other individuals involved in COVID-19 testing, treatment, vaccine distribution, and response receive bias and anti-racism training. The... Read More

CLEVELAND, OH –Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call as he partners with Ohio businesses, educators, and community leaders for the eighth straight year to host summer manufacturing camps to help young Ohioans learn about manufacturing jobs available in Ohio. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA) are urging the Social Security Administration (SSA) to reconsider its harmful decision to resume Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter sent to SSA Commissioner Andrew Saul, the senators pushed the department to suspend all CDRs in... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In Case You Missed It, Families USA -- a nonpartisan healthcare advocacy organization – released a report yesterday that showed a record number of Americans have lost healthcare coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn. 5.4 million Americans have lost healthcare coverage during the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined a bicameral group of his colleagues on a letter to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), urging the agencies to withdraw new guidance issued by ICE that imperils the status of international students who would be studying... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, led a letter signed by all Committee Democrats to U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs urging him to hold another hearing on Dr. Judy... Read More

WASHINGTON – United States Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, led seven colleagues in a letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency calling for clarification regarding the critical role played by state and local... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call after he recently introduced the Child Welfare Emergency Assistance Act, comprehensive legislation to provide flexible, emergency aid for key child welfare programs working to support young people and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown’s... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), and Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced legislation that would mandate the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimburse veterans’ emergency health care expenses from non-VA facilities that are not covered by the... Read More

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) – ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs – released the following statement following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) announcement of a new payday lending rule. The CFPB previously issued a 2017 rule under former Director Cordray that... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) – Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs – released the following statement after news  that U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and The Treasury Department released data on the borrowers of  Paycheck Protection Program... Read More

This pandemic has been the Great Revealer. It’s exposing so many inequities in our society, and it’s affecting nearly every aspect of our lives. One issue that I’m hearing a lot about from Ohioans is how many still don’t have access to reliable, affordable broadband internet. It’s either not available where they live,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late yesterday, the Senate unanimously passed legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tim Scott (R-SC), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act, to help nonprofits, state and local governments and federally recognized Tribes remain... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Mike Braun (R-IN), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Doug Jones (D-AL) introduced the Rural Broadband Acceleration Act, bipartisan legislation that will bolster efforts to expand access to rural broadband nationwide and speed up the distribution of the Federal... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led his colleagues in demanding answers from AT&T, after the company recently announced plans to eliminate more than 3,400 union-represented technician and clerical jobs and 1,300 retail jobs at 250 AT&T Mobility and Cricket Wireless stores that are slated to close. While... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the Child Welfare Emergency Assistance Act, comprehensive legislation to provide flexible, emergency aid for key child welfare programs working to support young people and families during the... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced the Emergency Housing Assistance for Older Adults Act that would provide $1.2 billion to ensure that federally-assisted senior housing facilities have the necessary resources to effectively protect residents during the COVID-19... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) – Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs – released the following statement after reports showed the Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed a new rule that would impede transgender individuals’ access to... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined 11 of his colleagues in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to act in response to nursing homes evicting residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter cites New York Times reports that nursing homes have... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today joined Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), in a letter to Kenneth A. Blanco, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) expressing concern regarding press reports... Read More