Sherrod Brown actually said...

"I appreciate that you have invited both Federal and State regulators to continue the conversation that we had last fall about regulatory relief for small banks and for credit unions."

"This hearing is timely as Federal agencies have made important changes recently that benefit the smallest depository institutions."

"So this is a proposal that fundamentally shuts down tax havens, as we have discussed before, and prevents a global race to the bottom."

"Let us speak of something that we can work out--thank you for that--and that we have worked out bipartisanly for decades, and that is the Social Security Disability Insurance."