Christine Cockley News

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Christine Cockley (D-Columbus) today condemned Ohio Republicans in the state legislature for failing to act on any measures that could have preserved Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for 1.4M Ohioans. Instead, in two days, more than half million children, more than 250,000 seniors, and an estimated 45,000 veterans are at risk of going hungry when the federal government defaults on its November deposit to fully fund SNAP benefit cards due to President Trump and Congressional Republicans' refusal to end the federal government shutdown.

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Christine Cockley (D-Columbus) and Jodi Salvo (R-Bolivar) Tuesday gave sponsor testimony before the House Children and Human Services Committee on House Bill (HB) 472, a bipartisan effort aimed at eliminating fees for state-issued identification cards and birth certificates for people experiencing homelessness.

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Tristan Rader (D-Lakewood) and Christine Cockley (D-Columbus) today gave sponsor testimony on House Bill (HB) 399 before the House Natural Resources Committee.

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Jewish Caucus today released the following statement on the agreement by Israel and Hamas to the US-backed peace plan:

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Jewish Caucus today released the following statement marking the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel: 

COLUMBUS — State Reps. Christine Cockley (D-Columbus) and Kevin Ritter (R-Marietta) today provided sponsor testimony on House Resolution (HR) 227 in the House Public Safety Committee.

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Christine Cockley (D-Columbus) today slammed the Republican-controlled Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting’s failure to advance any fair, constitutional maps, calling it another broken promise to the people of Ohio.

COLUMBUS — State Rep. Christine Cockley (D-Columbus), alongside the House Democratic members on the Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting Monday advocated for a hearing on House Bill (HB) 442. Monday’s first public hearing did not include a Republican proposed map. Democrats will continue to hold Republicans accountable for their attempt to tip the scales of democracy with extreme partisan gerrymandering, at the request of President Donald Trump.

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Jewish Caucus today released the following statement as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year begins: 

COLUMBUS —The Ohio Jewish Caucus today released the following statement condemning the recent antisemitic hate speech being spewed by Nazi demonstrators in Hudson, Ohio, the hometown of the Jewish Caucus’ Senator Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson):