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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.
let's look at how all this started. Right down this hall, a few months ago, Senator McConnell, a handful of Republican Senators, the drug lobbyists, insurance company lobbyists, and Wall Street lobbyists met in that office behind closed…
I thank the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and the ranking member, Senator Cardin. Senator Crapo and I began working on this months and months ago. I appreciate that partnership. Senator McCain--I read an op-ed he wrote in USA…
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 ask unanimous consent that after my remarks, the senior Senator from Hawaii be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
I want to echo the comments of the senior Senator from Idaho, the chairman of the Banking Committee, and thank Mr. Alvarez for his service at the Federal Reserve. I specifically want to thank him for his service during the financial crisis…
what is happening today on the Senate floor is outrageous. I still cannot quite believe my colleagues as their staff members stood behind them in the Senate Chamber to my right. All of them have health insurance that is paid for by…
today's vote to move forward the President's nominee to join the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is a new low. It is a new low that sets a dangerous standard for judges who have power to make critical decisions that impact the everyday…
Is equitable pricing for small lenders an essential part of the system? And does inequitable pricing impact mortgage access for your customers?
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…
I thank you for putting your private sector jobs aside and private sector work to serve the public.
Our focus should be on growing a stronger economy for everyone, in every part of the country.
I was surprised to see Acting Comptroller Noreika, understanding his short time there and short horizon to stay there, that he raised issues with this rule so late in a 2-year-long process and mentioned safety and soundness.
Weakening safeguards to boost bank profits... will only hasten the next one.
If the rule were likely to impact the safety of the U.S. banking system, do you think it would be unusual that no staff of any of the prudential regulators would raise concerns about the rulemaking process?
History teaches us that when Congress does big things, labor law reform and Social Security with Franklin Roosevelt, in 1965 Lyndon Johnson with Medicare, the Congress 2 or 3 years later goes back to those issues bipartisanly and makes…
It means protecting consumers. It means improving the economic security of communities of color.
In a Senate that looks dysfunctional to many on the outside and to many on the inside, it really was a terrific effort, 97-2.
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