Sherrod Brown: “Thanks for holding this hearing first. Before turning to the witnesses I just want to make a statement about something…”

By any measure, this is the worst vote he’s cast in the Senate, but it’s a continuum of his running for special interests his whole career.

The frustrating thing is that this shouldn’t be controversial. We’re talking about basic consumer protection here.

Mr. Speaker, I am a proud Virginian. Virginia is the birthplace of American democracy. It is also the birthplace of American slavery. From the beginning of this country, we have been on the right side of history and the wrong side of…

It’s heartbreaking to think that all this time these products could have been harmful and it’s enraging that now we have so much evidence that we need to take action and it’s not happening.