Sherrod Brown

The reduction in end strength will not only impact the availability of soldiers, it is going to affect the Army's equipping plan.

Impact of personnel reductions on strategy and readiness

I want to make sure we can touch on that a little bit.

The Guard and Reserve's more active role in the President's new national security plan is evident.

I am concerned about the role of the Guard and Reserve. In particular, I am concerned about the sequestration cuts and how that is going to affect our military preparedness.

The unexplained physiological incidents which caused the Air Force to stop flying for nearly 6 months.

I know that on March 23rd you're going to discuss the matter internally with Pentagon officials. Is that accurate?

The GPX case, I think, shows the Commerce Department, and the President, and the country that the Congress will move quickly and bipartisanally on enforcement of trade laws.

For 12 years, from 1997 to 2009, we had a decline every year in my State and nationally in manufacturing jobs.

Thank you for your candor.

Taxpayers cannot afford for Washington to continue business as usual.

The current process is broken.

It is unacceptable, it is costly, it is costly for the taxpayer.

President Obama made the very wise decision to curtail the wasteful production of dollar coins.

I do not understand how these various departments do not know what programs they are controlling.

Because as I have said, people are dying, and this is another tool in the toolbox for law enforcement.

I agree with you, and there are many sheriffs in Massachusetts who also agree with you and the President.

The States keep a little of the juice on top, 20 percent sometimes, and it is obviously very frustrating.

I am hearing from Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston and other mayors that they are deeply concerned about this fact.

The Urban Areas Security Initiative program has worked very well in Boston and the surrounding areas to improve emergency response.

Our amendment requires DOT to report annually on waivers, including analysis of taxpayer dollars that are spent on foreign materials and infrastructure. It closes a loophole that currently exists that allows the project to be split into…

What that shows me is a lack of consistency. We obviously have to make sure that we have more like Ms. Curry's story.

So, it is a community-based effort. Everyone kind of gives a little bit and ultimately, at the end of the day, you are squared away.

It is getting access to the programs that include medical treatment and counseling and education and, where appropriate, legal assistance.

According to a recent GAO report, the number of homeless women veterans has more than doubled from 2006 to 2010.