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WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) voted for The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, comprehensive legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and address the injustices the criminalization of marijuana has had on communities of color.

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) voted for the Affordable Insulin Now Act, critical legislation to require Medicare Part D plans and commercial health insurance plans to cover insulin and cap cost-sharing at no more than $35 per month.

WASHINGTON – Today, during National Nutrition Month, Reps. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11), Chellie Pingree (ME-1), Fred Keller (PA-12) and Troy Balderson (OH-12) introduced the Further Incentivizing Nutritious Donations of Food Act, or FIND Food Act. The bipartisan bill would expand existing and create new tax deductions and credits to better incentive farmers and suppliers to donate food.

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) applauded President Biden’s newly released proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23).

CLEVELAND – Today, Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) released the following statement after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to Congress this morning:

CLEVELAND – Today, Rep. Shontel M. Brown (OH-11) announced the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) has been awarded $4 million in grant funding through the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Bus and Bus Facilities Grant Program.  The funding will be used for GCRTA’s Hayden Garage Roof Replacement Project.

WASHINGTON – Today, on the one-year anniversary of President Biden signing the American Rescue Plan into law, Rep. Shontel Brown called for an extension of the expanded Child Tax Credit. The American Rescue Plan expanded the amount of the Child Tax Credit and provided families with advance monthly payments totaling up to one-half of the credit, cutting child poverty by 40 percent.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Rep. Shontel Brown (OH-11) supported passage in the House of Representatives of H.R. 2471, an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the government for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2022 and provide supplemental funding to support Ukraine.