We have seen the pharmaceuticals, contaminated pharmaceutical ingredients coming from China to the United States in the form of heparin and in death as a result.
Sherrod Brown
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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.
I am concerned of, you know, what can happen with the technology and that it does not create American jobs.
I do not know that has happened that I had seen in world history to any appreciable degree.
Indeed, they seriously call into question China's commitment to the rule of law.
I thank Cochairman Chris Smith, the other Commissioners, and our esteemed panel for attending this important hearing.
what General Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of U.S. Cyber Command, calls the 'greatest transfer of wealth in history.'
I thank the staff again for its tireless efforts and the work that they do on human rights and rule of law in this Commission.
I rise to speak about amendment No. 1311, the Hire Americans First amendment, which I hope to call up later. Nearly 8 percent of Americans are unemployed or underemployed and our immigration policy obviously must be a jobs policy. Any…
I wish to close with a personal story about polio. My brother, born in 1947--there are three of us, three boys. My brother is the oldest, my brother Bob. When he was in about the first, second, or maybe the third grade, my father, who was…
I thank the Senator from Georgia. I think that is exactly the point. While perhaps those who know CDC--obviously in the State of Georgia people know it more intimately than in my State. They more likely think of CDC doing something in…
I thank Senator Isakson. I am so appreciative of the work the Senator has done with the Centers for Disease Control in his home State of Georgia. There is no Federal agency that is quite like the CDC in this country or across the world…
That is certainly right. It seems there are new emerging and potentially dangerous health threats. We obviously know of the disease--the acquired infection you just mentioned. We know now of the H7N9 bird flu and MERS. How does the Senator…
If the Senator would yield for a moment, MERS was identified recently, and CDC scientists developed and shipped a diagnostic kit to be used in the field. To talk about one--when I talk to people about public health and certainly the…
S.514 Bill to provide additional educational assistance to veterans pursuing STEM and other high-demand occupation degrees
The American Legion supports Senator Brown's pending legislation, S. 514, which seeks to provide additional educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
What you said about adults not recognizing this problem in this country is, I think, so important to underscore.
I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 11, 2013; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved…
I ask unanimous consent that tributes to Frank Lautenberg, the late Senator from New Jersey, be printed as a Senate document and that Members have until 12 noon on Thursday, June 20, to submit said tributes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. THE FARM BILL





