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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.
thanks to my colleagues, Senator Warnock, Senator Baldwin in the Presiding Officer's Chair, Senator Rounds, Senator Hirono, Senator Collins, and Senator Romney for joining me to read these powerful words today. This tradition began in 2019…
it is an honor to support a thoughtful, experienced, historic nominee to our highest Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson. I met with her yesterday. It was so clear she has the experience, she has the character, she has the commitment to justice…
Put simply: insulin is too expensive for millions of Americans. Here are the facts: From 2014 to 2019, the average retail price of insulin rose by 54 percent. And in America, people pay more than 10 times the price of insulin compared to…
it has just come over the wire--the news just broke in the last couple of days--that corporate profits are at the highest they have been since 1950. In other words, corporations are making more money in the calendar year 2021 than any year…
Today the House will take a historic step toward restoring American manufacturing leadership by voting to go to conference on the COMPETES Act. This bold bill makes much-needed investments in research, innovation, and manufacturing that…
I will be very brief. I know we have an 11:45 vote scheduled. I urge my colleagues to join me in advancing the nomination of Judith Pryor as Vice President of the Ex-Im Bank. I appreciate the ranking member of the committee's comments…
Last year, we achieved the best year of job creation in history. The bipartisan infrastructure law will build on this historic growth, putting Americans to work, rebuilding our roads, bridges, water systems, and more. And the COMPETES Act…
I rise to urge my colleagues to join me in confirming Lisa Cook to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Cook hails from the Presiding Officer's home State of Georgia. She grew up in Milledgeville, GA, where my mother's…
I do believe they all think that we have a duty, no matter the cost, to take care of this.
A whole lot of veterans, as you know, and as you have said to us personally, privately, and publically, do not think they always get the fair shot that they should.
If they were in a specific place and they have one of these conditions, shouldn't it be a more straightforward process?
today's powerful new sanctions against hundreds of Putin allies are another critical step in U.S. leadership, bringing our allies together to ratchet up pressure on Russia to halt its brutal invasion of Ukraine. I think Putin has been…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hickenlooper). Without objection, it is so ordered. Ukraine
since Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has been shocked by two things: He has been shocked by the courage and the resilience and skill of the Ukrainian army and the resistance by the Ukrainian people. He has also been…
I want to just raise concerns about his recommendation to the AIR Commission to close down the Chillicothe.
for generations, manufacturing was the lifeblood of communities across Ohio and throughout the country. It was heavily unionized, and the jobs paid well. It is not a coincidence that those two things go together. These jobs allowed…
We're here today because crypto also can be used to make it easier to commit crimes--facilitating illicit finance, terrorism, and other forms of criminal activity, and threatening our national security.
In 2019, a doctor's office in the Mahoning Valley in Ohio experienced a disturbing attack: hackers locked the office computers, making them unusable.
cryptocurrency technology plays a role in many of the most significant criminal and national security threats that the United States faces.
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will come to order.
I ask unanimous consent to print the following letter in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs…
over the course of just 3 days, the world lost three talented, tenacious journalists to Vladimir Putin's war crimes and brutal invasion of Ukraine. Brent Renaud was a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who was working to tell the…
To be sure, criminals have tried to cover their tracks for years with sham accounting and banks that looked the other way.
This Committee has been examining digital assets to learn how they work and the risks they create for consumers and the financial system.
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