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Wenstrup to speak at Bethel BBA luncheon

The Bethel Business Association holds an annual fund raising luncheon each year to generate money for the association. This year the BBA luncheon will be held beginning 11:30 a.m. March 7 at Grant Career Center. As in year’s past the BBA has an invited guest speaker and this year it has invited US R...

Omnibus to include ACP and D&D funding

One hundred million dollars has been appropriated for the American Centrifuge Project (ACP) in an Omnibus Budget Bill currently being crafted in Washington D.C., according to Bryan Davis, Scioto County Commissioner. A Continuing Resolution (CR) was passed by federal lawmakers, funding government ope...

End the Export-Import Bank

The Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) is a government agency that provides loans, loan guarantees and export credit insurance to foreign clients of some of America’s largest corporations. These benefits are backed by you, the American taxpayer. At the end of June, the Bank's charter expired, and while it'...

Rep. Wenstrup Statement on Department of Energy Announcement

Congressman Brad Wenstrup released the following statement regarding the Department of Energy’s announcement to end the American Centrifuge Test Demonstration and Operation contract at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio: “This is beyond belief. “While this Administration is gree...

Wenstrup speaks to Chamber

U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup spoke at the Clermont Chamber of Commerce’s September Legislative Breakfast on September 3 about business, immigration, government and more. Wenstrup was welcomed to the microphone by attendees doing a University of Cincinnati chant. He started by speaking about the area. “I’...

U.S. House of Representatives Passes Bills to Fight Opioid Abuse

The first order of business for the House of Representatives, following an extended district work period, aimed at tackling the growing opioid epidemic across the country. Congressman Brad Wenstrup points to the pair of bipartisan bills that passed the House to tackle the growing problem in Ohio. Th...

Fallout on pending layoffs continues

The announcement earlier in the week that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was sending out WARN Act notices to 1,400 employees at the decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) project at Piketon, has begun to have a large ripple effect among lawmakers in Washington. “Cleaning up the Portsmouth Ga...

AFP Ohio thanks lawmakers for Export-Import Bank expiration

By Baylor Myers AFP Ohio Deputy State Director COMMENTARY – Today, the crony Export-Import Bank has expired and will no longer be funded. This is a huge victory for taxpayers across the country, but specifically those here in Ohio who made their voices heard against re-authorization of the corporate...

Trade

When it comes to trade, Congress has the opportunity to restore trust, accountability, and transparency into the process through Trade Promotion Authority (known as TPA).With the proposed Trade Promotion Authority coming from the House of Representatives: Congress becomes an equal partner with the P...