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Brown Meets with Commerce Secretary on Trade Issues
Friday, June 20, 2014
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown urged Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker to take measures to protect U.S. businesses and workers from unfair trade practices during a meeting with the cabinet officer Thursday.
Ryan, Wife Announce Birth of Brady Zetts Ryan
Friday, June 13, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The office of U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-13 Ohio, announced late Friday morning that his wife, Andrea, has delivered the couple’s first child.
Brady Zetts Ryan was born at 8:24 p.m. last night, weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces, and measuring 19 ¾ inches, according to the news release.
House Committee OKs Funds for 3-D Defense Project
Thursday, June 12, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-13, announced Thursday that his office secured $10 million in federal funds to establish an additive manufacturing innovation research program at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. Ryan, a member of the House Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations, was able to obtain the funds for the program in the fiscal 2015 Defense Appropriations Bill, which passed the committee this week.
Pipe from Korea Brings Brown to Wheatland Tube
Saturday, June 07, 2014
WARREN, Ohio – Over the last two years, Wheatland Tube has invested more than $21 million into its plant here to capitalize on the growing demand for oil country tubular goods, or OCTG, pipe in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays.
But despite a skilled and efficient workforce, a highly automated production operation, and a healthy oil and gas market, companies such as Wheatland are finding it difficult to do business in the face of what they claim are high level of imported OCTG pipe from South Korea.
6th District Candidates Both Oppose EPA Proposal
Tuesday, June 03, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Obama Administration’s proposed regulations for coal-field power plants drew critical responses from both the Democratic Party challenger in the Ohio 6th District race and the incumbent Republican congressman she is trying to unseat.
The regulations, announced Monday in Washington, aim by 2030 to reduce carbon emissions from the power sector by 30% nationwide below 2005 levels and cut particle pollution, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide by more than 25%.