Press Releases

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) announced today that the Department of Homeland Security has approved $90,431 in operations and safety funding for Richland County's Springfield Township Fire Department.

The funding is made available through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, through which DHS will award roughly $500 million to fire departments and other emergency responders across the nation this year.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) announced today that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved a $157,423 operations and safety grant for the First Consolidated Fire District in Caledonia.

The funding is made available through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, through which DHS will award roughly $500 million to fire departments and other emergency responders across the nation this year.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) offered the following comments on tonight's Presidential Address to the Joint Session of Congress:

 "I always appreciate the President's eloquence, but I am still waiting to see the President act like the fiscal conservative he portrays himself as."

Today, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) was recognized for his outstanding pro-taxpayer voting record last year. The 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU), a nonpartisan citizen group, has announced that Rep. Jordan is among only a few dozen 2008 "Taxpayers' Friend Award" recipients out of the entire House of Representatives and Senate.

"Given today's economic climate, fiscal discipline is more important now than ever," NTU President Duane Parde said. "Fortunately, taxpayers have a staunch ally in Rep.

Today, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) joined Congressman Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township) in sending a letter to U.S.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) today introduced a fiscally-responsible, balanced budget alternative to what he called the big-spending proposal set forth by President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats.

 
The Office of Congressman Jim Jordan today urged local governments, businesses, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions interested in competing for funding from the federal stimulus bill to visit a new website provided by the State of Ohio.  The website is www.recovery.ohio.gov.

There, entities will be asked to provide their contact information, details about the project for which they are seeking funding, the cost and timeframe of the project, and how many jobs the project is expected to create or maintain.

Rep. Jordan encourages high school students across the Fourth Congressional District to submit their artwork in the 2009 Congressional Art Contest.

A county winner will be chosen in each of the eleven counties; Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hancock, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Shelby and Wyandot.

The district winner will be chosen from the eleven entries and their artwork will hang in the United States Capitol for one year in a display of winners from across the country.