Political Quotes

Sherrod Brown: “That the OCC would open up our communities to more exploitation when we are suffering already so severely from COVID-19…”

On the recordApril 27, 2021
That the OCC would open up our communities to more exploitation when we are suffering already so severely from COVID-19 is immoral; it is disgraceful that the OCC would give predatory lenders a way to charge 200 to 400 percent interest and even more, even in States that have fought hard to stop this predation with a 36 percent interest rate cap.
Said by
Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of the OCC's actions allowing predatory lending during COVID-19.

Share

More from Sherrod Brown

Sep 30, 2026

The data centers, complements mostly of John Husted, were given two and a half billion dollars in tax subsidies to come to Ohio.

huffpost.com
Oct 2, 2026

I want you to talk to people, because people will listen to you.

npr.org
Oct 8, 2026

Nobody knows they’re there. They eat up our land. They swallow up our water … then once they’re built, our electricity prices go up.

theguardian.com
Oct 8, 2026

Those unions support me in large part because their members don’t like higher electric bills. Their members don’t like having no say on these datacenters coming to their towns.

theguardian.com

Other voices in this conversation