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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congressman Jim McGovern (MA-02)have introduced the Feeding Families Not Fear Act, legislation to repeal the $75 billion dollar slush fund for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) created by Trump’s Big Ugly Law and reverse the law’s $186 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) has signed a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation introduced by Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) that funds the TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, CISA and the parts of the Department of Homeland Security that do not include ICE and the Trump mass deportation machine.
For so many of us Black girls, Saturdays were spent in salon chairs, the heavy scent of relaxer in the air, the slow burn on our scalps, and the quiet understanding that pain was simply part of the process. It was just what we did. A rite of passage. A shared experience passed from one generation to the next in the name of beauty, professionalism and survival.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (OR) led a letter to GAO Acting Comptroller General Orice Wiliams Brown calling for an investigation into whether the federal government and consumer electronics manufacturers have adequate defenses against “side-channel” attacks, a surveillance technique that exploits the signals that leak from computers and other electronics.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) voted in favor of a War Powers Resolution (H. Con. Res. 38) to end United States military action against Iran absent Congressional authorization.
Congresswoman Brown releases the following statement:
The Office of Congresswoman Shontel Brown has been in contact with the U.S. Department of State since U.S. military action against Iran began on February 28.
For Congresswoman Brown’s official statement on the U.S. strikes on Iran, click here.
March 5, 2026 Update
Washington, DC – The Ohio Secretary of State has released over 8 million voter registration records to the Department of Justice.
Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) releases the following statement:
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11), Vice Ranking Member on the House Committee on Agriculture, voted against the majority’s one-sided partisan Farm Bill proposal this week.
Cleveland, OH – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) releases the following statement:
“My message to this dangerous President is clear: The American people do not want another costly and endless war.
“This President promised to end wars, not start new ones. Yet over the last year, we have seen the same pattern: more strikes, in more places, with less explanation and less accountability.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) has written to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of the General Services Administration’s (GSA) accelerated disposition of the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building in Cleveland.