People in Ohio are furious that our tax code rewards companies when they ship jobs overseas and stick profits in a tax haven.
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.
The corporations that rely on our public goods to make their vast growing profits should contribute to that upkeep.
They know where lead pipes and lead paint are still poisoning kids today, in America in the year 2021.
They know the transit project that would revitalize a neglected neighborhood and bring new residents and customers to Main Street.
They know where there are shovel-ready projects that would build new houses workers can actually afford.
They want their town to be successful, they want their communities to grow and attract jobs.
To attract good jobs we need more resources. We need homes that workers can afford and ways for them to get to work.
We know that our Nation's infrastructure is more than the Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River in Cincinnati, as important as that is.
I appreciate how you are stepping up and using the Subcommittee process, which is so very important for all of us.
You have been withstanding drastic budget cuts, a pandemic, and frankly a Congress that has not done its job in providing the resources you need.
The Presiding Officer and I and another 20 or so Senators listened yesterday in the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee to the CEOs of the Nation's six largest banks testify to our committee. Those six CEOs are among--or maybe…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Unions
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ossoff). Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 1260
we know that some of our biggest competitors around the world spend billions in propping up state-owned enterprises and investing in research and development. They have also gotten pretty good at taking our ideas, monetizing them, and…
I am proud today to introduce to the Committee a proud son of Ohio, Jonathan Meyer.
I ask unanimous consent that Megan Malara, a legislative fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the 117th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
You said you would allow their voices to be heard, but that is not what remaining neutral really means.
Your bank's lending fell 14 percent over the last year. You just announced $25 billion in stock buybacks.
Over a century ago, Louis Brandeis wrote about the concentration of corporate power and how it distorts the market.





