Sherrod Brown

I am deeply concerned you have been involved with efforts to deny minorities the right to vote and reduce access to the polls for everyone.

The Ex-Im Bank needs a president who will stand up for American jobs.

Confirming Mr. Garrett as President of Ex-Im would be like putting an arsonist in charge of the Fire Department.

Mr. Garrett may argue this morning that he has had a change of heart about the Bank, but you cannot really change who you are.

I applaud the President for now seeming to recognize the need to have a fully functioning Ex-Im Bank so the United States does not continue to lose jobs and contracts to foreign competitors.

While low initial monthly payments may have seemed like a good thing at the time, the reset rates on some interest-only loans are substantial, and many families have been and will continue to be unable to keep pace when the payments…

Well, it helps to have some vegetables and meat to actually put in the soup, so fair enough.

We want a conversation. We want to look at this anew. We want fresh eyes.

It is not what the statute meant or what the statute says.

We are counting on you.

Any solution to the opioid crisis must include stopping fentanyl shipments from coming to the U.S.

Will you commit to using WROs to block imports in every instance?

I remain concerned we have not seen any enforcement actions against forced labor in the last 10 months.

I hope that both of you understand what that does to people's faith in Government, in regulators, and particularly in the financial sector.

There is strong sentiment that consumer reporting agencies should not include forced arbitration clauses in their credit lock products.

Sounds like we have a loophole to close.

Should we consider a single set of privacy standards for both public and private?

They are held to a higher standard.

To protect the public from unfair or deceptive advertising and business practices

Under current law, whether we like it or not, companies like Equifax can collect vast troves of personal information.

It seems our laws protect big corporations' use of people's data a lot better than they actually protect people.

S. 109 has 45 bipartisan cosponsors.

Congress passed the Leveling the Playing Field Act to make sure U.S. trade remedy laws continue to provide meaningful relief for U.S. companies and workers that are injured by unfair trade practices.

If confirmed, I would place a high priority on utilizing a broad range of tools to ensure that China treats the United States, U.S. exports and U.S. companies fairly with respect to trade and investment.

I am committed to the appropriate use of the full range of U.S. trade policy and enforcement tools including WTO dispute settlement and U.S. law to ensure progress across the range of China's unfair trade practices.