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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 – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) today voted No on legislation to fund the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other federal agencies. 

WATCH: Rep. Brown Floor Speech on ICE and Springfield, Ohio

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (D-OH), joined Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), and Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC) to re-introduce the Prison Libraries Act to expand library resources in U.S. state and territory correctional facilities, aiming to increase educational opportunities, advance reintegration efforts, and reduce recidivism. The bill will authorize federal funds for state prisons to expand library resources and services to support the education and skills training of incarcerated Americans.

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. 

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) today voted no on legislation to fund the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.  

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined fellow Democratic Members of the House Agriculture Committee in introducing the Farm and Family Relief Act. Brown, who serves as Vice Ranking Member on the Agriculture Committee is a co-lead on the bill, which was filed by House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig.  

Washington, DC – Today, House Committee on Agriculture Vice Ranking Member Congresswoman Shontel Brown criticized House Republicans for cutting a deal that strips year-round E15 from must-pass spending legislation and instead creates a task force to study the issue. 

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congresswoman Nanette Barragán (MI-11) announced the Yes in God’s Backyard (YIGBY) Act, legislation designed to address the nation’s housing crisis by empowering faith-based institutions and institutions of higher-education to build affordable housing on underused land they already own. The bill will unlock new housing opportunities in communities facing severe housing shortages and rising homelessness.