What they say: Ohio media highlights Brown's successful fight to bring jobs back to the Ohio Valley

WASHINGTON, DC – In August, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) met with Ohio steelworkers and manufacturers in Warren, Ohio And Weirton, West Virginia to crack down on unfair trade practices and bring 600 jobs back to the Weirton-Steubenville region.

In Weirton, Brown visited the site of a new transformer factory, the Cleveland-Cliffs announced last month, what WTRF 7 called “A step to which Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown also contributed.“Brown successfully pushed the Biden administration to correct bad energy regulations that would have hurt domestic transformer production. WTRF7 wrote that “Brown took on the Biden administration and pushed the Department of Energy (DOE) to change regulations that would prevent investment in American-made transformers like this one.”

WTOV9 highlighted Brown’s efforts “Getting people back to work”, after the former tin mill in Cleveland-Cliffs was shut down earlier this year, and wrote that “Brown was able to negotiate a deal with representatives of the United Steelworkers and Cleveland-Cliffs to Bring transformer manufacturing to the Ohio Valley.”

In Warren, WKBN27 reported that Brown “calls on the Biden administration to end unfair trade practices in the aluminum extrusion industry,” and the Tribune Chronicle noted that Brown “told over 100 union members that he had stood up to presidents of both parties to change bad trade policies.”

Brown joined forces with aluminum producers and extruders to demand tougher action against unfair trade practices in the industry that harm Ohio workers, including Leetonia, Ohio-based Pennex Aluminum.

Read what they say about Brown's visit Weirton:

The Secret Service: Senator Sherrod Brown is praised for his new policy that will help the future transformer plant in Weirton

• “Cleveland-Cliffs management and union leaders on Thursday praised Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio for influencing a change in federal regulations that they say will support the construction of a transformer manufacturing plant in the city.”

• “Addressing the media and about a dozen Cleveland-Cliffs employees in attendance, Brown said he and U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-Penn.) and Joe Manchin (Iowa, Virginia) have worked with steel industry leaders to urge the U.S. Department of Energy to change 'a misguided rule' governing transformer production.”

• “When asked whether his efforts clashed with the Democratic Party's energy agenda, Brown said it was not the first time he had clashed with the current administration.”

• “Brown said many of the employees employed at Cleveland-Cliffs in Weirton are from Ohio, and even if that were not the case, the development of the substation will benefit both states and the nation as a whole.”

WTRF7: “Steelworkers from Ohio and West Virginia make the best steel in the world,” says Senator from Ohio during visit to Weirton

• “Hundreds of steelworkers will return to work thanks to a $150 million investment from Cleveland Cliff's to convert their warehouse in Half Moon into a transformer factory, a move helped by Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown. Brown spent his Thursday afternoon visiting with Cleveland-Cliffs leadership and members of USW Local 2911 at the site of the new transformer factory, which is expected to bring 600 jobs back to the Ohio Valley. He spoke about the importance of keeping jobs and products American.”

• “In April Idle from Cleveland Cliffs devastated the region and cost nearly 1,000 people their jobs. It was a decision by the International Trade Commission (ITC) that Senator Brown said represented a government failure to protect American workers. Brown took on the Biden administration, pushing the Department of Energy (DOE) to change regulations that would prevent investment in American transformers like this one. He says he will disagree with members of his own party, especially when Ohioans are at risk.”

WTOV 9: Brown praises plan to revive jobs at closed Cleveland-Cliffs plant

• “Ohio U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown stopped by the shuttered Cleveland-Cliffs factory to announce a new plan to get people back to work.”

• “Eleven months after an earlier visit to the Cleveland-Cliffs plant, Brown returned to bring a new perspective to the facility. After successfully lobbying the Department of Energy to change the policy rules for transformer investment, Brown, along with representatives of the United Steelworkers and Cleveland-Cliffs, was able to negotiate a deal to Bring transformer manufacturing to the Ohio Valley.”

• “As he calls for more American-made products, Brown said Cleveland-Cliffs should serve as an example of why he is committed to American manufacturing.”

Read what they say about Brown's visit labyrinth:

WKBN 27: OH Senator Sherrod Brown urges end to unfair trade practices

• “Senator Sherrod Brown calls on the Biden administration to end unfair trade practices in the aluminum extrusion industry.”

• “Brown was joined by local aluminum extrusion workers and fabricators at the United Steelworkers Local 1375 union hall in Warren on Thursday morning. He spoke in support of the antidumping and countervailing duty requests filed by the U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition.”

• “Brown says the industry is calling on the government to take action against unfair trade practices from 14 countries, including China.”

WFMJ 21: Senator Brown visits Warren to demand action against trade practices that harm Ohio aluminum workers

• “US Senator Sherrod Brown stopped in Warren on Thursday morning to call on the Biden administration to take action against trade practices that are hurting workers in Ohio's aluminum extrusion industry.”

• “Brown stopped by United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1375 in Warren to support antidumping and countervailing duty petitions filed with the Commerce Department by the U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition, which includes Leetonia-based Pennex Aluminum. Brown is calling for relief for manufacturers and workers who cannot compete for goods that are unfairly subsidized or dumped from 14 countries, including China.”

Mahoning Matters: Sherrod Brown joins union members in Warren to seek help in aluminum extrusion industry

• “U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) met with local aluminum extrusion manufacturers and workers at United Steelworkers Local 1375 in Warren on Thursday to call on the Biden administration to investigate and take action on what they say are unfair trade practices harming workers in Ohio's aluminum extrusion industry.”

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