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Sherrod Campbell Brown is an American politician currently serving as the senior United States senator from Ohio, a position he has held since January 4, 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Brown previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1993, to January 3, 2007. Throughout his career, he has been a strong advocate for workers' rights and has focused on issues such as healthcare, job creation, and economic equality. Brown has been known for his commitment to representing the interests of Ohio workers in the Senate.
Mr. President, I thank Senator Enzi, the senior Senator from Wyoming, for his good work on this legislation and for his always courteous demeanor. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 8 minutes…
Mr. President, this week Senator Durbin and I are introducing the Working Families Tax Relief Act with a majority of my Democratic colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee. For a number of years, one area of bipartisan agreement in…
Seventy-five years ago, President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act. This legislation, proposed by Senator Hugo Black in 1932, ultimately ensured American workers would receive a minimum wage, reasonable work hours, and an end…
Mr. President, I ask to speak as in morning business for up to 6 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Fair Minimum Wage Act
Madam President, this amendment--the NNMI--offers one commonsense approach by partnering with private industry to bring together companies, small businesses, research institutions, and community colleges so we can outinnovate the rest of…
Madam President, I rise and join with Senator Blunt in a bipartisan amendment, No. 455, in support of a national network for manufacturing innovation. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record letters from the National…
Mr. President, we ask support for the Vitter-Brown-Corker- Pryor amendment. The community banks of America support it because they know the playing field isn't level. One real quick statistic. Eighteen years ago, the six biggest U.S. banks…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 2 minutes. After my remarks, I ask that the senior Senator from Arizona be recognized.
I would say to Chairwoman Mikulski that the amendment I would have offered along with Senator Isakson would strike the language on the pilot projects that expire at the end of the year with privatization of customs services. It is…
Madam President, I don't yet want to call up my amendment--I have been working with Chairman Mikulski on this--until they get an agreement. However, I will discuss for a moment amendment No. 83, which I am cosponsoring with Senator Isakson…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and call up amendment No. 83.
Madam President, I assume a number of my colleagues have seen the movie ``Lincoln.'' One particularly brief but poignant moment of that movie showed the President's staff discouraging him from spending so much time talking to regular…
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