Elliot Forhan News

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid) today released the following statement regarding the passage by Ohio voters of Issues 1 and 2:

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid) today applauds the announcement that Ohio is the first state in the nation to break ground on an electric vehicle (EV) charging station built as part of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program under President Joe Biden.

COLUMBUS – Ohio House Democratic leadership and members, Reps. Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington), Dontavius Jarrells (D-Columbus), Jessica E. Miranda (D-Forest Park), Tavia Galonski (D-Akron), Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Westlake), Terrence Upchurch (D-Cleveland), Michele Grim (D-Toledo), Ismail Mohamed (D-Columbus), Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), Casey Weinstein (D-Hudson), Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid), today released the following statement on the deadly surprise attack by Hamas militants who fired thousands of rockets from Gaza toward central and southern Israel, leading to multiple Israeli civilian casualties and injuries:

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid) today expressed sorrow and condolences for the family of 16-year-old Keshaun Lamar, who was fatally shot on Sunday morning.

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid) announced today that the Controlling Board approved the release of $2M of remaining Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding to provide Ohio’s domestic violence shelters, law enforcement agencies, and other non-profits with additional resources.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid) today congratulated Pierre Agostini, emeritus professor at The Ohio State University, for winning, together with Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier, the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid) today criticized State Senator Jerry C. Cirino (R-Kirtland) and members of the Ohio Senate for passing legislation on Wednesday that would prevent a vote this November in the City of Cleveland on a participatory-budgeting city charter amendment.

COLUMBUS – State Rep. Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid) today highlighted the publication of a JAMA Network Open article, titled “Early Access to Testosterone Therapy in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adults Seeking Masculinization,” and a Smithsonian Magazine article, titled “New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender People.” 

COLUMBUS - State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma) and the Democratic Cuyahoga County Delegation today sent a letter to the CEOs of CSX Transportation, Inc. and Norfolk Southern Corporation, requesting action regarding the maintenance and recent violations of railroad bridges in Cleveland the companies own. 

COLUMBUS – State Senator Kent Smith (D-Euclid) and State Representatives Munira Abdullahi (D-Columbus), Dani Isaacsohn (D-Cincinnati), and Elliot Forhan (D-South Euclid) Wednesday joined 52 other state legislators from 22 states to submit comments supporting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) corporate merger guidelines.