Sherrod Brown

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:47 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at 9:30 a.m…

I congratulate the Presiding Officer on becoming the senior Senator from Massachusetts in almost record time. We hope to complete consideration of the debt limit legislation before the end of the week. ____________________

While the water levels are at historic lows in Lakes Michigan and Huron, Lake Erie, which my State borders, also has water levels below its long-term average. Because the Great Lakes navigational system is interconnected, with shipments…

OK. And you talk persuasively about--and using percentages--but as Ms. Wu points out, percentages of 200 million are a lot of people.

Given the history of bad behavior among some debt collectors, should there be a higher standard for these furnishers and for credit bureaus that work with them?

One of the challenges we have is credit repair is flooding the mail-based system.

I think it was a good idea that was put into the law in 2003 and it is one that consumers are beginning to take up.

I do not think you meant to say no employer uses it for every job?

The three bureaus make the great preponderance of their--the revenues for the three bureaus overwhelmingly come from the financial institutions, not from the consumer, correct?

Typically, the credit bureau does not go back to the original furnisher of the information.

Americans, as we know, depend on access to credit to fund our education, purchase homes, to run their businesses.

Thank you, Mr. Stone.

Is it a fair statement to say that consumers must provide evidence when they challenge a credit score, but that creditors are taken at their word?

There is also my understanding the CFPB's study noted that only 255 characters of consumer-supplied text typically can be provided.

Five million accounts, is that number correct?

Thank you, Senator Corker, and I think we concur with that.

This may be our last hearing together like this on the Subcommittee, as Senator Corker moves on to bigger and better things.

Give me a couple of examples of--I know you pay $11 if you want your credit score.

The Communist Party apparently believes that the only way it is to survive is to stamp out diversity of opinion and belief.

Countless practitioners of Falun Gong face arbitrary detention, torture, and psychiatric abuse.

This is our last hearing for the 112th Congress.

I so appreciate his leadership on this issue.

We urge incoming Chinese President Xi Jinping to immediately and unconditionally release Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia.

We stand united behind this cause.

We similarly demand that China end this 'absurdity' for these noble citizens.