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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.
Yes, that is exactly right. It should be an easy process. We know how to do it at the Veterans Administration. The cost is 40 or 50 percent of what typically is the cost a patient pays. The other thing we could do--and we were this close…
Mr. President, I thank Senator Stabenow. She is exactly right. A couple of times, she used the term ``blank check.'' When people join the Army, people become marines, people go off to a service academy, and people enlist in the National…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the remainder of my remarks be placed at a different point in the Record. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Honoring Detective Jorge ``George'' Del Rio Mr. President, I…
Madam President, earlier this week, we celebrated Veterans Day, a day we honor the sacrifice and the service of those who fought in Normandy and Pearl Harbor and Inchon, at Khe Sanh, Somalia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Kandahar, Mosul, and…
Senator Isakson knows this is no sort of false kind of flattery. He knows how much I think of him. He runs the most bipartisan committee in the Senate. I have been honored to be on it my entire 13 years in this body. No Ohioan ever served…
Mr. President, I always appreciate Senator Menendez standing up for human rights all over the world, and this is one of the worst human rights violations the world has seen in the last 150 years. I thank my friend from New Jersey…
Mr. President, judges make decisions around the country. They are making them right now on workers' rights, voters' rights, women's rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights--decisions that would limit those rights for a generation. We used to be…
Mr. President, yesterday we got another reminder of the urgency in the pension crisis facing more than 1 million workers and retirees with the news that Dean Foods is filing for bankruptcy. The company is part of the Central States Pension…
Mr. President, I appreciate Senator Thune's comments about the USMCA. Some might call it NAFTA 1.6. It just doesn't do very much. I was not in this body when NAFTA passed. I was down the hall in the House of Representatives. I voted…
Dr. Smith notes that they have been promised these Centers of Excellence for 30 years. The Senate needs to act, and it needs to include my amendment to right this wrong. I remind my colleagues that the 1890 land grants were created because…
Mr. President, I rise to speak about Amendment 1088, which I introduced with Senator Jones. The amendment is straightforward. It provides $5 million to fund Centers of Excellence at 1890 land-grant universities. This amendment--I want to…
Mr. President, I thank Senator Kaine for his work on this and speaking out on it. It is an issue of justice, an issue of fairness, and an issue that--I mean, how can you be against this? I don't even pretend to understand it. Senator…
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