Sherrod Brown

Joe Biden spoke to the caucus, to the Democratic Caucus today. So did Janet Yellen. They both said, go big.

These are extraordinary times that require extraordinary action.

After a year when Black Americans have endured so many painful reminders of the yawning gap between the promise of our founding ideals, and our failure to make that promise real for everyone, two Black women will take leading roles in our…

I can think of no one better to lead us out of this pandemic and into the future than the two women before us today.

Will we help all the families that desperately need it, help our struggling small businesses survive, and get Americans vaccinated and back to school and back to work?

Our economy is at a crossroads.

It is pretty tough to take a lecture on political speech from Members of a party whose leader just 3 weeks ago literally incited a violent insurrection with his words.

I have just always found Congresswoman Fudge to work with me, to work with most of our House delegation in Ohio.

She has been a leader in Congress. As past Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, we know her outspokenness on civil rights, on women's rights, on human rights.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is an honor to be here and it is a thrill to be here with my friend Congresswoman Marcia Fudge.

That is one of the reasons I am so proud of what we did with the CARES Act, especially if we had kept it going, because we kept 12 million people out of poverty.

Today we consider the nominations of two distinguished public servants, my Congresswoman--Marcia Fudge to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development--and Dr. Cecilia Rouse to lead the Council of Economic Advisors.

I know Senator Toomey at least has pushed back against the former President's dangerous lies about our election.

Veterans and servicemembers should not be given worse options than other borrowers with federally backed loans.

We see unprecedented backlog in claims processing in compensation and pension exams because of the pandemic.

Do you plan to exercise additional oversight to root out misrepresentation of predatory, for-profit institutions that target student veterans?

It is clear from your comments you understand that corporations paying their fair share and reforming our tax code puts workers first, American jobs first, and actually helps America competitively.

I thank my colleague, Senator Bennet, for his partnership on this.

We also need to make sure that the IRS is enforcing our tax code in a fair way.

I am glad President-elect Biden understands that and is calling for that $350 billion in new aid.

I am glad Senator Stabenow raised that earlier.

I am looking forward to working with you to make the World War II-level investment we need to defeat the pandemic and build a better economy that honors the dignity of all work.

A week ago, Americans and this Chamber lived through one of our darkest days. The Commander in Chief incited a mob of insurrectionists to overturn the results of a free and fair election through terror and intimidation. They failed, but…

We're going to work harder. We're going to do more things. We're going to deliver for the country.

I think you do it immediately, because you really do want to show that we are serious about accountability, by holding them accountable that this was the most egregious heinous attack on the American public, on democracy that we've seen.