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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and Congressman Bill Posey (FL-08) introduced bipartisan legislation to examine and offer recommendations to strengthen America’s supply chains.

CLEVELAND, O.H. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) hosted an OH-11 Human Trafficking Prevention Summit Saturday at the Jerry Sue Thornton Center at Cuyahoga Community College. The summit was held in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) and featured expert presentations, partner representative panels, and a lived experience expert’s perspective on best practices to combat the crime. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) has introduced the Ensuring Fee-Free Benefit Transactions Act (EBT Act) new legislation to protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) retailers and beneficiaries from transaction fees. Congresswoman Brown’s legislation would ensure that retailers are only responsible for their own costs as the federal government modernizes the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) system with chip cards, mobile payments, and other payment upgrades.

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and the four other Democrats in the Ohio House Delegation sent a letter to the State of Ohio urging them to protect access to preventative healthcare services following a court ruling striking down the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement for no cost coverage of preventative health care services. 

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, in a bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives passed The Fiscal Responsibility Act (H.R. 3746), the compromise reached by President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

WASHINGTON, DC– This week, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (Oh-11) joined her colleagues in passing legislation to increase compensation rates for veterans with service-related disabilities and military spouses paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Veterans’ Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act (S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) offered a sharp rebuke of House Republicans’ efforts to use the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability to falsely fearmonger on gas stoves, while ignoring assault weapons. 

CLEVELAND, OH – Over 300 constituents attended Congresswoman Shontel Brown’s (OH-11) Small Business Expo Saturday at the Jerry Sue Thornton Center at Cuyahoga Community College. The event featured Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman and officials from the SBA, as well as representatives from state and local agencies. Congresswoman Brown also announced the formation of her Small Business Advisory Council at the Expo.