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Downtown CLE
March 23, 2026

Cleveland, OH – The Trump Administration has reportedly deployed ICE agents to various airports across the country, including Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.  Last week, Congresswoman Brown joined a Democratic effort to fund TSA and the other lawful DHS agencies

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Capitol
March 23, 2026

Washington, D.C. – On the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act being signed into law, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) called on Senate Republicans to end their blockade on Affordable Care Act Enhanced Premium Tax Credits that have lowered health care costs for over 500,000 Ohioans and over 43,000 people in her district.

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Capitol 2
March 19, 2026

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). 

 

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Capitol Building
March 19, 2026

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. 

 

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Op-ed on Healthy Hair
March 11, 2026
Opinion: Op-Ed

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.

Issues:CongressHealth
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Capitol Building
March 6, 2026

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.

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Capitol building
March 5, 2026

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: 

 

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Capitol
March 5, 2026
Blog Post

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

Issues:Foreign Affairs
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Cannon HOB
March 5, 2026

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: 

“Shame on Ohio and Secretary of State LaRose for handing confidential voter information to the federal government.

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Capitol
March 5, 2026

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.