Sherrod Brown

People are busy enough with their kids and their jobs and their lives--they shouldn't have to spend that kind of time, because some company they've never heard of screwed up.

It increases credit scores by 32 points. That clearly is significant in the lives of a lot of people.

I think you know that medical debt is not predictive.

Our constituents are calling on us to address them.

A shortage of affordable housing isn't just a housing problem. It's an education problem. It's a health care problem. It's an economic growth problem.

That includes Ranking Member Scott's ROAD to Housing proposal, which I'm sure he will touch on today.

What Senator Cortez Masto is looking at in terms of the HOME Program is following that reauthorization.

It also includes Senator Coons and Senator Cramer's Choice in Affordable Housing Act, which aims to get more landlords involved in the voucher program.

Senator Cortez Masto and this Committee has been a leader in this.

This is the time when Congress, bipartisanly, can act.

I just wanted to restate my support for the GUARD Act. We should reinstate the guardrails to protect from unaccredited organizations.

I think the VA has made a right decision, to thank you for taking the right steps in stopping the electronic health record rollout at additional sites until patient safety concerns are addressed.

Thank you, Chair Tester, and I appreciate the work that--we have a package of issues on the Senate floor and I appreciate the work Jon is doing on that.

Given the presence of the textile industry in my district, it is important that the next farm bill has strong support for this sector.

I urgently request that additional hearings be identified for the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit to ensure that Members have a forum to discuss minority and socially disadvantaged farmer and rancher…

$70 billion in ad hoc payments to producers... have been distributed in an inequitable manner.

Working together, we can ensure that the farm safety net and crop insurance tools serves all America's farmers, ranchers in an equitable manner.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to be with us today.

Our farm safety net programs are an essential tool to help farmers and ranchers literally weather any downturns in the market

It is our duty to ensure that the upcoming farm bill includes a strong, up-front investment in the farm safety net.

These ad hoc payments are unpredictable, unreliable, and inefficient.

Our nation's strength in agriculture and as a people is our diversity.

In the American spirit of collaboration and bipartisanship, I look forward to working with you, Chairman Scott...

Even though my region of Ohio-11 may not have cotton fields, we certainly interact with the material later in the supply chain in the form of textile production.

This farm bill is for everyone: no matter what you look like, what you grow, or where you grow it.