Sherrod Brown

We need No-Fee Accounts that allow everyone to open a bank account and have control over their hard-earned money.

Because of the work we've done with the American Rescue Plan, putting money in people's pockets and making progress against this pandemic, our economy is starting to recover, adding more jobs every month.

I will be relentlessly advocating for investments in this fund through the rest of my tenure.

We need to change that.

And we need to make sure those gains end up in the pockets of working families--the people who made this progress possible.

When I talk to Ohioans, though, I hear the same message: people do not trust banks, especially the largest banks.

They watch bigger banks buy up the smaller ones and close the local branches, making it harder and harder for small businesses and working families to get an affordable small business loan or a mortgage.

We know that story is all too common.

They remember after the Great Recession, when we called it a 'recovery' around here, workers did not get much of a raise and entire neighborhoods and towns were left behind.

He talked often of bipartisanship--and he meant it.

This is one of the most illuminating hearings we have had.

We are now looking at trade as worker-centered--and Mr. Huttema might say farmer-centered--rather than corporate-centered trade policy.

Our trade policy only works for American industries if we take enforcement of dumping and over-capacity issues seriously.

Most of us on this committee see USMCA as the minimum standard for trade agreements going forward

I never voted for a single trade agreement until USMCA.

I appreciate you doing this. This is the first hearing of the Subcommittee that Senator Menendez and Senator Scott have conducted.

This Committee must do all we can to help our communities protect themselves and reduce the risk to taxpayers from climate disasters.

Pretty much every month we see new climate change-fueled catastrophes, from the wildfires ravaging the Western United States to the increasingly common coastal and river flooding.

We're putting shots in arms and money in pockets.

Since President Biden took office, we've gained three million jobs--more jobs than in the first 5 months of any presidency in modern history.

Last month, we added 850,000 jobs to the economy.

Yet, many of my Republican colleagues have been stoking inflation fears, demanding that we pump the brakes on our economic recovery.

Families have a little bit extra to help pay the bills.

It is up to us to grow an economy that delivers for them, not just those at the top.

Small businesses are reopening their doors. Workers are safely going back to work, often at higher wages.