(Washington, D.C.) Ohio’s Democratic senator plans to make a political statement with his invited guest to tonight’s State of the Union address.
Senator Sherrod Brown is bringing an Ohio woman facing a massive pension cut following the death of her husband. Brown has been pushing a bill he authored to improve retirement security for hundreds of thousands of retirees whose pensions are in peril.
A Marion police officer will attend tonight's State of the Union address. Major Jay McDonald will attend President Trump's speech as a guest of Senator Rob Portman.
McDonald is the president of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police and the vice president of the national organization. He expects to hear the president address the opioid epidemic, human trafficking and other law enforcement issues.