Press Releases

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 with his Senate Democratic colleagues to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Jay Clayton urging the SEC to withdraw the proposed changes that would dramatically increase the Form 13F... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with U.S. Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3), Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), and Marcia Fudge (D-OH-11), Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Elections, penned a letter to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost urging him to join litigation against the United States Postal... 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 continued his push for emergency rental assistance to help the millions of people struggling to pay their rent and at risk of losing their homes. Today’s live unanimous consent requested by Ranking Member... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) and Jim McGovern (D-MA-02) led over 50 colleagues in urging Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to release human rights activists, lawyers, journalists and other prisoners of conscience before their unjust imprisonments could become death... Read More

Click Here to View Brown & Taft’s PSA WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and former Republican Governor of Ohio, Bob Taft (R-OH), hosted a news conference call to discuss the importance of voting in this election. Both Brown and Taft have served as Secretaries of State in Ohio, and are urging Ohioans to make their voices heard... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) – ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the Fair Access to Financial Services Act, a bill that would prohibit... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Family Equality, Jim Obergefell, and Rick Hodges—the lead plaintiff and defendant in Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that granted marriage equality to same-sex couples—for a press conference to call on Senate to delay the confirmation of a new Supreme Court Justice until after the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined his Democratic colleagues in penning a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of the Treasury, urging them to conduct an analysis of how the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in California v. Texas would affect health care coverage in the United... 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 – delivered the following floor speech urging his colleagues to protect and strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Brown called on his colleagues to support H.J.Res. 90, which would revoke a Trump OCC rule... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) released the following statement on the recent cease-fire breakdown in Nagorno-Karabakh: “I am deeply concerned that the recent cease-fire seems to have been broken in Nagorno-Karabakh and am monitoring the developments. I urge both sides to come together to work towards a cease-fire and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a $5,743,414 investment through the Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative to seven Ohio communities. The investment will help create and retain jobs, leverage millions of dollars in private... Read More

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a major reorganization of its Division of Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending (SEFL). The SEFL Division plays a critical role in carrying out the CFPB’s statutory mandate to protecting consumers: it is responsible for bringing public enforcement actions... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a $48,918 grant to the Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership through the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP).“This investment will help the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a $400,000 grant to the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions through the Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP).“This investment... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) has awarded two grants worth a combined $63,153,829 in funding to the State of Ohio to support organizations serving victims of crime, including victims of domestic violence, child and elder abuse, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss what’s at stake if President Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Senate Republicans are successful in their illegitimate Supreme Court power grab and able to overturn the Affordable Care Act. President Trump has been working through the lower courts to... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has awarded a $600,000 grant to the State of Ohio through its Mentoring Opportunities for Youth Initiative. This project supports mentoring services for at-risk youth who have... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with U.S. Representatives Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3), Tim Ryan (D-OH-13), and Marcia Fudge (D-OH-11), Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Elections, penned a letter to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose demanding answers about his office’s contacts with Hans Von... Read More

CLEVELAND, OH – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today released a statement following the news that Youngstown State University’s (YSU) faculty union, YSU-OEA, voted to begin a strike on Monday: “I stand in solidarity with the YSU staff, and urge the administration to negotiate in good faith, quickly to ensure these educators are able to continue... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined 27 Senate colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to the Trump Administration urging them to quickly release $900 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding that Congress included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. As the economic... Read More