Families
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Brown Encourages State And Federal Agencies To Work Together To Prevent Steep Cuts To Food Assistance For Ohio’s Families
With critical food assistance funds slated to decrease by approximately $50 per month for Ohio families, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on state and federal officials to work together to help prevent unnecessarily severe cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefi...…Read More
Posted on 11/16/2012 | -
Brown Announces More Than $140 Million In Home Heating Assistance Funds For Ohio Seniors, Working Families In 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that that the Obama Administration is releasing $3.1 billion in low-income heating assistance funds under the FY 2013 Continuing Resolution. Ohio seniors and working families are set to receive more than $140 million in home heating assistan...…Read More
Posted on 11/12/2012 | -
As 40th Anniversary Of Munich Olympic Massacre Arrives, Brown Urges State Department To Press Libyan Government On Accountability For Terrorist Attacks Sponsored By Qaddafi
Today, on the 40th anniversary of Munich Olympic Massacre, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urged the Obama Administration to continue negotiations with the Israeli and Libyan governments to provide compensation to the victims of the Munich Massacre. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hil...…Read More
Posted on 9/6/2012 | -
With Deployed Servicemembers Facing Illegal Foreclosures, Employment Difficulties, And Challenges To Voting Rights, Brown Visits Wright-Patt To Announce Servicemembers’ Protection Act
DAYTON, OH - In advance of forum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base today, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a new effort to ensure our nation’s servicemembers’ and their families’ rights are protected. “Servicemembers who risk their lives protecting our nation shouldn’t ...…Read More
Posted on 7/27/2012 | -
After A Nearly Five-Year Effort, Brown Joins Ohio Family Who Lost Their Son In Bluffton Crash To Mark Passage Of New Tour Bus Safety Law
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today joined an Ohio family, a national safety advocate, and Cleveland bus drivers to hail a new law-enacted on Friday—which will require safety belts, stronger seating systems, and enhanced commercial driver training to improve tour bus safety.&nbs...;…Read More
Posted on 7/8/2012 | -
After USA Today Report Reveals Dangerously High Levels Of Lead Near Former Lead Smelter Sites In Cleveland, Sen. Brown Joins Affected Families In Calling On U.S. And Ohio EPA To Act Immediately To Clean Up Lead Threat, Inform Families
CLEVELAND, OH - Following a series of reports in USA Today revealing dangerously high levels of residual lead contamination near a former smelter site in Cleveland, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined Ken Shefton, a father of five who previously lived close to the former smelter site, to call on the U.S. En...…Read More
Posted on 5/20/2012 |