Press Releases

CHILLICOTHE, OHIO – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today joined Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH), Ross County Commissioner David Glass, Former Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Robin Bernstein, Co-Owner John Todoroki, and local leaders at the Pixelle Paper Mill site to announce its sale to the U.S. Paper Mill Company LLC, with the U.S. Medical Glove Company (USMGC) beginning operations as the incoming tenant. This acquisition will ultimately lead to the creation of hundreds of local jobs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) joined the Tim Young Show yesterday to call out the harmful effects that the Democrat-led government shutdown is having on southern Ohio communities. Today marks the ninth day that the government has been shut down since appropriations lapsed on October 1, due to Congress’s inability to pass legislation funding government operations for the new fiscal year as a result of Democrat stonewalling. Congressman Taylor’s remarks from the Tim Young Show are available below.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today announced his role in leading a letter to Governor Mike DeWine celebrating the newly-created $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. The letter urges the Governor to direct funds toward initiatives that support independent rural hospitals, rural Federally Qualified Health Centers, and creative solutions to address health care gaps across rural Ohio.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Taylor (OH-02) issued the following statement regarding the government shutdown, which occurred at midnight after Congress was unable to pass legislation funding government operations for the new fiscal year:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today introduced the Improving Drought Monitoring Act, which will reauthorize the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Improvements to the Drought Monitor” program and establish a Drought Monitor Interagency Working Group within it. This new working group would draft a report assessing and recommending tangible ways to improve the availability of consistent, accurate, and reliable data in the Drought Monitor.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today applauded the passage of his bill, H.R. 3427, the Water Resources Technical Assistance Review Act, through the House of Representatives by a voice vote. Congressman Taylor initially introduced this bill on May 15, 2025, and it passed out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee earlier this summer.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) recently joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) to highlight wins for Ohioans in the Working Families Tax Cut.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02), Rep. Bob Onder (MO-03), and Rep. Mark Harris (NC-08) introduced the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act last week, which protects children and upholds parental rights by prohibiting the transportation of minors across state lines to receive an abortion without following the parental notification laws in the minor’s resident state.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) last week introduced H.Res. 608, supporting a study on the development of an Interstate 73 (I-73) corridor spanning southern Ohio and recognizing the significant economic benefits it could bring to local businesses. The proposed interstate would largely follow State Highway 23, running south from Toledo, through Columbus, and down to the Kentucky/West Virginia border, promoting connectivity, safety, and economic growth throughout Ohio’s southern region.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Dave Taylor (OH-02) today introduced the Make American Guns Again (MAGA) Act, which would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to submit a report on the prevalence of small arms, light weapons, and their components that the United States military procures that are made outside the U.S. or manufactured in America by a foreign-owned subsidiary. The bill would also require the DoD to provide recommendations on how the U.S.