Sherrod Brown

What are you doing to fix this public health hazard?

It was really laser focused on how to create new capital and that is why I was very happy that my amendment on Crowdfunding was able to pass.

I greatly appreciate them and I have learned a lot, and most importantly you have had folks here from Massachusetts.

Is not harmful to consumers, it is useful.

If my colleague would yield one more time, it wouldn't have just been Chrysler and General Motors that would have faltered. Honda--a foreign-owned company that has made a huge and positive presence in the Columbus area, in northwest…

We'll work with you.

I'm not convinced yet that you are aggressive enough.

I understand that. But for 100 years in this country, from the creation of the FDA after Upton Sinclair's book, we have worked hard to protect public health and protect food safety and pharmaceutical and drug safety.

We must ensure the funding through the rural broadband loan program; the community connect programs ensure that funding provides it direct to the most underserved areas in the most rural communities.

I think your idea is a good one there, and we will pursue that.

Yet, we are talking about billions, and we cannot seem to get our handle on it.

I just do not understand when we are giving away money, hard-earned taxpayer money, when we are cutting military by a half a trillion dollars potentially.

Yet, the first thing that I think we should do, quite frankly, is fix this stuff.

It makes absolutely no sense to me.

The government's role has increased, so has its inability to handle the basic functions such as making proper payments.

I have concerns about if we are having all this fraud, waste and abuse now, what happens if the President's health care plan stays in effect.

It is deeply, deeply concerning to me.

I want to commend him for that.

I do not know how else to say it. We will make sure we play a very active role.

I agree with that also. I am a strong proponent of women in combat, providing they fit the qualifications.

But if you shift some of the Active components to some of the Reserve bases like has been done in the past, you are going to get that good value for the dollar and also stretching out the mission.

I feel that the Guard and Reserves are getting the short end of the stick.

I want to commend you for taking the necessary steps to find the cause of this very serious problem.

The big gorilla in the room is sequestration.

The F-22 Raptor, while capable when it does fly, costs about $1 billion each year just to operate.