Sherrod Brown

Thank you for your leadership once again.

I can tell you, as somebody who is a JAG, serving also in this new capacity and my prior life as well, one of the top efforts that our office works on is veterans benefits--trying to put a benefit with a veteran.

IAVA supports this bill, which requires the VA to conduct outreach to veterans who reside in Appalachia.

I have always felt that we need to use draconian sanctions immediately against Iran to ensure that they do not become nuclear-capable.

Look at the rate of growth. They did not grow a whole lot until the last 10 years, and look what happened. They are going to continue to grow since the Glass-Steagall repeal. The argument opponents of our amendment use most frequently is…

I hear, as we talk about the Brown-Kaufman amendment--and it has gotten increasing attention because an increasing number of people said too big to fail is too big and that if we allow these six banks--that chart the Senator showed…

So that means when one of the huge Wall Street banks--these six banks--is getting a three-quarters percent, roughly, interest rate differential--a bonus, perhaps--that means that banks in Delaware and Ohio that aren't so big are at a…

That makes sense with any injury, and since you spoke up, how do you think the VA can better partner with nongovernmental health care providers to help in that effort?

Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. I know you are dealing with trying to get your life back on track.

Well, is there a national plan that is, in fact, being instituted or is it being left up to individual States to do this?

I feel the delay is the biggest obstacle. We should be able to process these soldiers quickly and effectively.

Being from Massachusetts, we have... a statewide head injury program that we have implemented, for which we receive State funds.

I can think of no one better to be in this position, to represent the interests of Massachusetts.

These capital markets which worked so well for many years are not working for local manufacturers, for small businesses today.

If we do what Senator Kaufman said, if we do this right, it will take care of this problem so it does not happen in the next two or three generations, the way people in the 1930s did, or if we do not do it right, we are back at this in 5…

I thank Senator Kaufman. Some people think about this as a pretty big step, to decide we want to limit the size of banks. It is not something we like to do. We don't want to do more regulation than we have to. We don't want to tell…

That is one of two things: one heck of a coincidence or blatant currency manipulation.

We were heading in the right direction in part because of Senator Graham's and Senator Schumer's--in large part because of their efforts, but still too slowly.

The RMB was valued at about 5.5 to the dollar. Then from 1995 to 2005, it was valued at about 8.28 without change.

I would just suggest that you do whatever you have to do to drop some of the fluff stuff and just focus on the real issues when people are hurting and they need help.

Does it make sense to have a national police force that basically the tribal leaders do not recognize, they do not know.

This is not a weeks or months long process. It is a year's long process.

I am flabbergasted sometimes at the slow pace of government at a time when we need quick reaction and quick action.

I am a firm believer in contracts and dates. As it is the rule of law, we have a date.

So $11.6 billion is to basically uplift the police and army in Afghanistan.