Sherrod Brown

Is there any cooperation? Is there any foresight, while they are sitting around, to get some folks in there to help them find employment once they get out?

Ohio is consistently at the bottom in these benefit ratings.

Ohio is consistently, as you've heard me say and others say, at the bottom of the benefit ratings.

It is good to be back. Thank you for putting this together, and thank you to the witnesses for appearing.

The predatory practices of the mortgage servicing industry are remarkably similar to the predatory practices that led to the subprime crisis.

Instead of trying to stay in their homes, they are saddled with back payments, penalties, and late fees.

Each day Ohioans are failed by the modification process.

No, I understand that. I am----

I have learned also that we waste a tremendous amount of money beginning programs, putting a few hundred million dollars in it, and then just say, oh, that does not work.

I am here to learn and to see what tools and resources we can either provide or are needed to do your job better for the folks that need your help.

If the records are not complete, it is a waste of time and money for a whole host of reasons.

What are you doing to try to save money, as well, because the money tree is getting smaller.

My focus is on how we get more out of the dollars that we have.

All right. Well, maybe we can talk about that offline and figure out a way to help you get to where you need to be.

I would hope that, at some point, we would start to lead by example.

I think that every agency in the Federal Government should do a top-to-bottom review and try to streamline, consolidate, and offer those savings.

In August, Senators Mark Begich and Sherrod Brown introduced Senate bill 3704.

We must work together to correct this injustice.

Making good on our promise to repay those sacrifices is one that will never change.

Waiting for a causal link after 40 years is just another way of telling veterans no.

We have a solemn duty and moral obligation to our veterans.

The cost of caring for the veteran is a non-negotiable cost of war, as Senator Sanders said.

Complexity is not an excuse for years of inaction.

I have been fortunate enough to serve for almost 31 years now, and am still serving in the Army National Guard.

Do you consider people who cross our border without proper authority or paperwork to be here illegally?