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Warrensville Heights, OH – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) hosted her 4th Annual OH-11 Small Business Expo and Conference Saturday May 2nd at Tri-C Corporate College-East in Warrensville Heights. The event featured a panel discussion on business growth, awards honoring local business leaders, and breakout sessions. Government agencies, lenders, and business organizations from across Northeast Ohio took part in the event.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined 35 of her House Democratic colleagues in a letter urging REI Co-op to return to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith, as required by federal law, to reach a fair collective bargaining agreement with unionized workers at stores across the country. The letter to REI was sent by Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and co-led by Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Reps.
Washington, DC – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Department of Defense (DOD) to terminate all collective bargaining agreements between DOD and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). This brazen attack on workers’ rights and federal workers will impact over 300,000 DOD employees nationwide, including thousands of Defense Finance and Accounting Service workers in the Cleveland-area.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), a member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party and Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) Ranking Member of the Select Committee, a member of the Select Committee, led a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer expressing concern over the announced closure of Conn-Selmer’s manufacturing facility in Eastlake, Ohio and the company’s decision to offshore produc
Cleveland, OH – On the anniversary of President Trump’s disastrous “Liberation Day” tariffs on nearly every country in the world, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) calls for Trump to abandon his chaotic cost increases for good and fully restore funding cut by his White House to support manufacturing in Northeast Ohio.
Washington, DC – Today the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s the majority of President Trump’s new tariffs are illegal.
Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) releases the following statement:
“Today’s Supreme Court decision is a win for everyone struggling with higher prices and a loss for Trump and his crackpot theories.
Join the Office of Congresswoman Shontel Brown for a OH-11 Federal Tax Prep Webinar with IRS experts.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) today outlined how the Trump White House has harmed Northeast Ohioans and celebrated the 11th Congressional District’s resilient response in her annual State of the District address.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) today announced that she has secured over $12.5 million in federal funding for fourteen local projects in Northeast Ohio. The wins include funding for water, road, and rail infrastructure in Midtown Cleveland, the West Side, and University Heights; public safety and crime prevention across Cleveland and Cuyahoga County; local park and building projects in Euclid and Irishtown Bend in Cleveland, and funding for housing in Cleveland.
Washington, DC – The House of Representatives has passed appropriations legislation which includes $6.5 million in federal funding for seven Community Project Funding (CPF) requests secured by Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11). The legislation now heads to the Senate for a vote.