Today, state Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) issued the following statement on the school shooting in Parkland, Florida and his plan of action to reduce gun violence in Ohio:

COLUMBUS - Today, state Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) issued the following statement on Amazon's decision to not include Cincinnati on its list of finalists for its second North American headquarters.

Today, state Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's remarks criticizing immigration from Haiti and African countries, which he described as "shithole countries": "Once again, our president's behavior is reflecting poorly on the United States and his words are alienating our allies.

State senators Cecil Thomas (D-Avondale) and Peggy Lehner (R-Kettering) announced the reintroduction of two gun reform bills--one requiring universal background checks and the other raising the minimum age to purchase a firearm.

Senator Thomas expressed his frustrations with the Ohio Office of Budget and Management's flawed fiscal analysis of Issue 1.

Columbus– Today, Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) announced that he will soon introduce legislation to ban the sale and possession of bump-fire stocks in Ohio. 

COLUMBUS – Today, State Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) released the following statement opposing current language in Ohio’s state budget bill – Substitute House Bill 49 – that would allow oil and gas drilling in local parks and other public lands.

COLUMBUS – Today, State Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) attended the unveiling of the “Triple Negative Breast Cancer Awareness” license plate at the American Cancer Society in Avondale. The idea for the license plate came from Josie Holloman-Adams, president of the Erica J. Holloman Foundation, Inc. and mother of Erica J. Holloman who passed away from TNBC in 2011 at the age of 35. 

COLUMBUS – Today, Senator Cecil Thomas (D-Cincinnati) called on Senator Sherrod Brown, Senator Rob Portman and all Congressional representatives to do what they can to stop the deportation of Maribel Trujillo-Diaz to Mexico. Maribel is a working mother of four from Hamilton, Ohio. She is scheduled to be deported tomorrow, April 11^th, despite years-long efforts by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to appeal to legislators on her behalf.