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With Critical Funds to Repair Central Ohio Roads and Bridges Set to Run Out, Brown Calls for Six-Year, Bipartisan Transportation Bill
COLUMBUS, OH -With a looming deadline to pass critical highway funding fast approaching, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined the “Fix Our Bridges Now” bus tour for a stop at the Ohio Contractors Association (OCA) to call for a bipartisan approach to fixing America’s highways and bridges by...…Read More
Posted on 6/30/2014 | -
Sen. Brown Announces More Than $53,000 in New Federal Resources to Train, Support, and Protect Firefighters in Portage County
New federal resources have been awarded to a fire department in Portage County. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today announced that Windham Volunteer Fire Department Joint Fire District has been awarded resources for Operations and Safety by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security&rsquo...;…Read More
Posted on 6/25/2014 | -
With Highway Trust Fund Set to Expire, Sen. Brown Announces Bill That Would Raise Funds For Transportation Projects and Protect Workers and...
With Highway Trust Fund Set to Expire, Sen. Brown Announces Bill That Would Raise Funds For Transportation Projects and Protect Workers and Businesses by Addressing Tax Fraud and Worker Misclassification WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The office of Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, has issued the following news r...…Read More
Posted on 6/25/2014 | -
With Highway Trust Fund Set to Expire, Sen. Brown Announces Bill That Would Raise Funds For Transportation Projects and Protect Workers and Businesses by Addressing Tax Fraud and Worker Misclassification
With the Highway Trust Fund facing insolvency, which could cost Ohio millions of dollars, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held a news conference call today to announce legislation that would raise funds for job-creating infrastructure projects while protecting workers and businesses that pla...…Read More
Posted on 6/25/2014 | -
With Critical Funds to Repair Northeast Ohio Roads and Bridges Set to Run Out, Brown Calls for Six-ear, Bipartisan Transportation Bill
CLEVELAND, OH - Cuyahoga County is home to 87 “structurally deficient” bridges, second most in Ohio. With a looming deadline to pass critical highway funding fast approaching, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called for a bipartisan approach to fixing America’s highways and bridges by passing ...…Read More
Posted on 6/23/2014 | -
With Critical Funds to Repair Northwest Ohio Roads and Bridges Set to Run Out, Brown Calls for Six-Year, Bipartisan Transportation Bill
TOLEDO, OH - Northwest Ohio is home to more than 260 structurally deficient bridges. With a looming deadline to pass critical highway funding fast approaching, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called for a bipartisan approach to fixing America’s highways and bridges by passing a long-term transportation b...…Read More
Posted on 6/20/2014 | -
Sen. Booker Proposes HOS Amendment To Transportation Bill
New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker unveiled an amendment to a fiscal 2015 funding bill June 18 that would undo a provision that would suspend for one year a rule that puts limits on the time truckers can operate on roadways. This week, the full Senate is considering an expansive spending bill that includes proposed f...…Read More
Posted on 6/18/2014 |