Press Releases
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-3), and Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (LA-2) have filed legislation to improve reporting requirements for federal reentry grant programs and encourage more federal agencies to adopt programs to help formerly incarcerated individuals reintegrate into society.
Washington, DC – Today, House Republicans advanced legislation (H.R. 6126) placing partisan conditions on aid to Israel and blocking humanitarian assistance to Gaza. They have made emergency aid to Israel conditional upon the rescinding of IRS funding.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) applauds the opening of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s Community Resource Center. The Community Resource Center on South Waterloo Road will provide area residents with food and also connect them with other agencies in the building, providing a one-stop-shop for resources and services.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) announced that Ohio was awarded $153.6 million in funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Administered through the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Community Services at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, LIHEAP funding will help households with low incomes pay their energy bills. LIHEAP can also be used to weatherize and make residences more energy efficient.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) have introduced legislation to improve and expand the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) programs and resources for urban farmers. The Supporting Urban and Innovative Farming Act (H.R. 5915) expands access to federal support for urban farmers, improves service delivery for urban farmers, and increases funding for the USDA’s Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production.
Congresswoman Brown Statement Condemning Terrorist Attacks Against Israel
WASHINGTON — Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) applauded the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) has received a 2023 National Leadership Awardfrom The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) for her work in the House of Representatives and advocacy for her constituents in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District.
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13) in introducing The Feed Our Families During a Shutdown Act to ensure SNAP recipients can continue to access their benefits up to three months after a government shutdown occurs. Congresswoman Brown is a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, which has jurisdiction over the Department of Agriculture’s SNAP program.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined every House Democrat today in introducing H.R. 14, The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The legislation would protect the right to vote and safeguard our democracy by restoring and updating the full protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Since the Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling in Shelby County v.