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fighting poverty is local

Friend, Fighting poverty is a personal priority of mine as your representative here in Congress. I strongly believe that effectively empowering Americans who are experiencing poverty starts in our local communities. One of the best things the federal government can do is partner with local groups wh...

Made In America

“Made in America.” Whether these three simple words are stitched inside a pair of jeans or splashed in bold letters across a banner outside a local car dealer, they invoke a sense of pride. It’s almost as if a small piece of our national identity has now taken tangible form. The same pride rings tru...

Action Alert: #ForeverGIBill

Friend, I wanted to provide you with a quick update on my work with the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. You may not hear about it on the news, but we're continuing to take major bipartisan action to address issues that our veterans face across the board - including ensuring timely medical care, r...

Enough is enough

Friend, North Korea, Russia, and Iran – these are three regimes that continue to threaten their neighbors and work to undermine U.S. national security and democracy. Here’s a quick breakdown: North Korea: Just this month, the Kim Jong Un regime conducted its first successful test of an intercontinen...

8 things that happened last week

Friend, Last week was a busy week in the House of Representatives -- and I was honored to play a role in leading on several policy initiatives to make a difference in the lives of our local veterans, provide for our national security, combat Ohio's human trafficking crisis, and continue the dialogue...

Top 10 Things to Know About the NDAA

Friend – One of the biggest pieces of bipartisan legislation to be consistently passed in Congress – the annual defense policy bill or National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- just passed the House today, with my support. This is big news for our national defense. This bill represents a down-pay...

A cure begins with one

I wanted to send you a quick update on the legislation that I introduced to help Charlie Gard, whose story has caught the attention of the world. A medical center in the U.S. has already offered to provide Charlie with experimental treatment. His parents have raised over $1.6 million to pay for this...

34 years later...

Friend – This week, we’re debating the annual defense policy bill, the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA, on the House floor. As we do, these words spoken by President Ronald Reagan 34 years ago still ring true. “We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only inv...

Keeping our promises

Friend, In his book, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, author Sebastian Junger addresses the difficulties that our country's warfighters face when they return home from service: an individualized society, far different than the close communal bonds of the brotherhood and sisterhood of war. One way...

Today's healthcare agenda

Friend, As we continue to work to provide relief from Obamacare and empower Americans with more options and lower costs, I'm continuing to hear from constituents, healthcare professionals and industry leaders from across Ohio and the country. Here's a quick wrap-up of my healthcare meetings today: T...