U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) released the following statement Tuesday on his vote in favor of the Federal Water Quality Protection Act.

U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) released the following statement Tuesday on the announcement from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) that 12 Ohio counties with established land banks were awarded a portion of $13 million in funding available through the fourth round of the Neighborhood Initiative Program (NIP).

On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) continued his push to combat prescription drug abuse at the Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse with Patient Review and Restriction Programs forum hosted by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) applauded President Obama’s planned announcement that the White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will implement “ban the box” hiring practices, requiring federal agencies to refrain from asking applicants about prior convictions until later in the hiring process.

Auditor of State Dave Yost partnered with members of the Ohio General Assembly to draft House Bill 384, which gives the Auditor of State’s office the authority to conduct performance audits of Ohio’s institutions of higher education.

Two Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation Crime Scene Unit vehicles were in Greenfield Monday, Nov. 2.

On Friday, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) released the following statement on his vote against the Bipartisan Budget Act.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced he has advised local election officials to carefully analyze new voter registrations being submitted by the Ohio Organizing Collaborative. In Advisory 2015-07, the Chief Elections Officer warned county boards of elections that a rise in the number of irregularities warrants a closer review of registrations submitted by the organization.

U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) announced that he has joined a bicameral group of 23 Republican lawmakers in urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to pull a pending rule that would reverse course on curbing opioid drug abuse.

U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Robert Casey (D-PA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) have sent a bipartisan letter, cosigned by a majority of the Senate, to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Harry Reid urging them to take up and pass legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program.