Sherrod Brown

I compliment the Chairman on--this Committee has worked on the school breakfast, school lunch program...

We do not really see how--we do not hear up close the stories of Mr. Parker.

I think Americans do not really know. We used the term 'food stamps' for years.

I think we really have to think seriously about licensing certain entities, as we do at the corporate level, with respect to the consumer finance information because we have seen so many instances of failure here.

Had it not been for sharp-eyed consumer advocates and lots of public pressure, millions of scared consumers may have accidentally signed away their right to a day in court.

I do not think any of us knew how timely this hearing would be until we got news of the Equifax data breach.

I am pleased they passed the Senate last night as well.

I think existing approaches are failing. I know that the Federal Trade Commission and the SEC are trying very hard with existing approaches, but I do not think they are really protecting people.

I will continue--and I know the chairman, I know Senator Wyden agrees with this. We will continue, at least many of us who care about this program, we will continue to advocate for at least 5 years.

It is important to secure the gains in coverage that CHIP has brought and to put kids in a place that is safe.

CHIP has helped us be more than marginally better.

When Secretary Price testified--Secretary-Designee Price--I asked him about the question of longer extension. I suggested 8 years.

North Korea's advancing weapons program is alarming not only to the U.S. and to our close allies, South Korea and Japan, but also to China.

For too long now, China has sat on the sidelines of this crisis and attended to its own interests.

I am writing today to urge your support of reauthorizing funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...

Will you commit to notifying Congress that the administration is attempting to skirt the law or if the administration moves to explicitly undermine any current provisions of the law?

Will you commit to objecting to any efforts to sabotage the law, even if those efforts are made outside the bounds of HHS authority?

Will you commit to upholding the law, including the ACA and its CSRs, and commit to doing everything you can in your position to provide certainty for States like Ohio?

I believe Commerce has the authority to address it under the new trade remedy laws.

I'm concerned that President Trump recently said the plan was to ``let Obamacare fail,'' rather than working to make our health-care system better.

I am glad that this Chairman and the Democrats are willing to move forward on a nominee of the President, of the party that is not ours.

I appreciate holding today's hearing. I thank the witnesses for their willingness to enter public service.

I would like to invite both of you, once confirmed, to come to my State.

If the Government is going to have a role backing the housing market--and I believe we should--then that market must work for everyone, everywhere, not just those with the most lobbyists in this town and not just those with the deepest…

Is equitable pricing for small lenders an essential part of the system? And does inequitable pricing impact mortgage access for your customers?