Sherrod Brown

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:35 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, November 30, 2011…

There will be a cloture vote on the Defense authorization bill at 11 a.m. tomorrow. We will work through amendments to the bill throughout the day. ____________________

I appreciate the Senator's assurance, and I withdraw the amendment on that basis. Amendment No. 1262

It has made people closer to their governments and made those governments more accountable and interactive.

It has changed the way we live, the way we do business, and the way we act as a society.

It is a policy that takes a very human toll, undermining human rights reforms and freedoms of expression and speech.

The business of the Internet and social media is changing the way the world works.

It's a policy that takes a human toll, as Chairman Smith said, undermining human rights freedoms and freedoms of expression and speech.

We tell them--they, the Chinese--we have suspicions and then they investigate.

The purpose of today's hearing is to shed light on the darkness of China's repressive Internet and social media censorship.

The servicers in these cases where they say to the homeowner, if you pay this amount for the next 6 months, then we will work this out, the servicer is not violating a contract when they still send--the servicer is not violating the law----

OK. Thank you, Ms. Nepveu.

And concerned, too, about banks, not just nonbanks.

As our seniors increasingly become targets of more and more financial predators, we must empower the CFPB with all the tools necessary to protect our seniors.

Never in the history of the Senate...has one party blocked someone's nomination simply because they do not like the agency.

I am confident on an up or down vote he will be confirmed.

I find this--this is unbelievable.

I share Chairman Levin and Ranking Member McCain's concerns.

We should not have to make that proof. It should be a given that everything that we pay for is of the highest quality.

It is so important that we are on the side here of people who are serving their country or who have served their country.

I ask my colleagues to vote no on the amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, the proponent's time is yielded back.

I rise in opposition to the Coburn amendment's 41 percent of a $1 billion cut to USDA's rural development mission. Everyone in this Chamber talks about job growth, as we should--some of us want to do some more specific things than others…

This can be a win-win situation for investors, small businesses, unemployed citizens, and our national economy.

You have to start somewhere.

Yes, there is plenty of ideas we have all made in the Gang of Six, in the Simpson-Bowles. Everybody has made them, but quite frankly, there is no Republican or Democrat bill that is going to pass.