Two Ohio congressmen are being heard on their desire to combat the opioid epidemic hitting Ohio and the nation. Both Representative Steve Stivers and Senator Rob Portman’s anti-drug bills were included in a conference report that has now passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelming 407 to 5 vote.
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Italian manufacturer Sofidel has broken ground on a $300 million tissue paper factory in Pickaway County. The plant, which will be located at U.S. 23 and Pittsburgh Road, entered its first building phase Monday with a ceremony that drew dozens of elected officials. They included Ohio Lt. Governor Mary Taylor, Congressman Steve Stivers, and State Representative Gary Scherer.
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The U.S. House passed the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (H.R. 5485) late Thursday night with a 239-185 vote. The future of the bill, which contains a number of CUNA-supported regulatory relief provisions, is unclear.
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A bill now moving through the Senate is being hailed as a triumph for small business. The legislation, if approved, would make it easier for loan officers leaving a big bank to take a job with a small independent lender or start a brokerage.
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A new Senate bill would stop brand-name drugmakers from blocking generics competition by closing regulatory loopholes preventing generics makers from obtaining samples of the reference materials needed to test candidate generics and biosimilars.
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Collaboration between government and the private sector appears to have catapulted Columbus to victory in the competition for $50 million in federal transportatation grants.
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Potential adversaries such as China are closing in on the U.S. technological edge in the skies at the same time the Air Force has a shortage of hundreds of fighter pilots and its fleet of fourth-generation aircraft is aging.
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“He was a unifier who thought outside the box, never gave up and worked hard for the ideas he believed in up until the very end of his life,” said Gov. John Kasich. “Thanks to that leadership, he saved Cleveland, governed Ohio compassionately and responsibly and was a candid voice for reason in the U.S. Senate. I am proud to have known him and grateful for what he did for our state and nation.”
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Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia), along with Congressman Juan Vargas (D-California), Congressman Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), and Congressman Bill Foster (D-Illinois), has introduced the Investment Advisers Modernization Act of 2016 (H.R. 5424). This bill would update outdated portions of the Investment Advisers Act (IAA), a 76 year-old law, by removing duplicative and burdensome regulations that impose an unnecessary burden on small business’ access to capital.
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