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Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) co-chaired a hearing today on the scandal and corruption-plagued Export-Import Bank. The hearing, titled "Examining the Export-Import Bank's Mandates," was a joint hearing of Rep. Jordan's Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules and Michigan Rep.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) will continue his focus on the scandal and corruption-plagued Export-Import Bank tomorrow when he co-chairs a joint subcommittee hearing focused on some of the bad investments and wasteful spending that the Bank has been involved in over the past few years.

The hearing, titled "Examining the Export-Import Bank's Mandates," will be held at 1 p.m.

The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) released the following statement today calling on House Republican leaders to allow for a vote on H. J. Res. 43, a Washington, D.C. law that could force religious and conservative employers in the District to cover abortions in their health care plans:

"The House Freedom Caucus urges Republican leadership to allow the House to consider H. J. Res.

The House Freedom Caucus (HFC) today announced its opposition to the renewal of the Export- Import Bank's charter. HFC released the following statement:

"The House Freedom Caucus opposes reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, and urges Republican leadership to not bring to the House floor any legislation that would do so.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) made the following comments regarding today's oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, Ohio's federal lawsuit on state marriage policy before the Supreme Court:

"Marriage should be defined as it has always been. This is the ideal for raising children and is good for society.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) made the following comments regarding several pieces of legislation that the U.S. House of Representatives passed today related to the IRS targeting of conservative non-profits in recent years:

"The IRS systematically targeted the First Amendment rights of the American people.

During a question-and-answer period today in a hearing about the Export-Import Bank, Mike McCarthy, acting inspector general of the Ex-Im Bank, told Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that the Justice Department may indict individuals involved in 31 open investigations of corruption and fraud at the Ex-Im Bank ( VIDEO HERE ).

Edison High School senior Shelby Vartorella of Milan, Ohio won first place in the Fourth District of Ohio's 2015 Congressional Art Competition. Her winning piece, "Mossy Landscape," will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol along with other winners from around the country.

Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) attended a reception last night honoring the winners of the competition.