With just a few months left in office, Senator Rob Portman is trying to get some legislation passed before he goes. One is the Border Patrol Enhancement Act, which would raise the pay of border patrol agents to be closer to other federal agents and plus increase the total number of agents to over 20 thousand. The bill also would create a border patrol reserve, which would have around 25 hundred people in it. With the record number of people crossing the border, Portman says he would like to see this done on a bipartisan bases.
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Intel CEO told Washington DC media this past week if an agreement isn’t reached on the bill, the company could change their plans about investing $20 billion in the state. In a tweet, Pat Geisinger says they have equipment in place and started prep work in Licking County, but they need the CHIPS Act to pass before construction starts. Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman have been negotiating a deal for the $52 billion bill. Portman says passage of this bill needs to happen sooner rather than later.
An Ohio senator says all U.S. businesses need to protect themselves from ransomware attacks. Senator Rob Portman, chairman of the Homeland Sec…
Americans across the United States were praying and holding rallies in support of the Ukrainian people. Including the city of Parma Ohio which…
Senator Rob Portman says Congress cannot continue to kick the can down the road when it comes to the budget. Last week, the U.S. House passed another bill to extend funding to March 11th and avoid another government which could happen at midnight on February 18th. This will be the third temporary spending bill to advert a shutdown since the fiscal year started on October 1st. Portman says the sooner that an appropriations bill is passed for the rest of this fiscal year, the sooner departments like the military can go ahead with new projects.
The announcement that was made in January will create 3,000 new manufacturing jobs and thousands more construction jobs. Intel says that the two factories are just the beginning, with the potential of having eight factories at that site. Senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown were on hand for the announcement and say that this is a good step toward shoring up the supply chain and putting American workers first.
Ohio's U.S. Senators join their colleagues in urging the State and Defense Departments to sell the Abrams tanks to Poland. Senators Rob Portma…
The situation in the Ukraine continues to grow more tense, and an Ohio Senator says that the United States needs to be ready for Russia’s next…
The U.S. Senate will be back in session on January 3rd and one Ohio Senator say they need to hit the ground running. Rob Portman is heading into his final year in the Senate and he thinks that lawmakers should focus on few things when they get back to work. One being the pandemic and help fast track any treatments that are being worked on to reduce the severity of the virus. Another is the growing inflation that is causing prices to rise in all sectors of the economy.
Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries issued a statement saying that the 12 remaining hostages "are free!" The missionaries were kidnapped by gang members on October 16th. There are five children in the group of 16 U.S. citizens and one Canadian, including an 8-month-old. Senator Rob Portman who has been urging the state department to do more is happy with the news.