Sherrod Brown actually said...

"I hope my colleagues will set aside their fears, their anger, their dislike of this consumer agency and do their job."

"This was a man-made catastrophe that could have been avoided if we had had, as Senator Reed said, a better regulatory system."

"Nobody questions his qualifications as his background, his qualifications, and his performance in office of the various jobs he had, no one questions that."

"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is an essential part of that, recognized by a majority of both sides of the aisle"