Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Campbell Brownis the senior United States Senator from Ohio, in office since January 3, 2007. Brown is a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. He previously served as the Ohio Secretary of Stateand as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 November 1952
CityMansfield, OH
CountryUnited States of America
I think this group of people came together in a way that they haven't before in 2007. I'm very optimistic we can do something ... I want to get there, I want to support this.
Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies,
Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won.
The average family earning minimum wage spends 141 percent of their income struggling to meet basic needs - food, shelter, clothing.
The administration needs to speak honestly with the American people. Exaggerating our progress in defeating the insurgency or in creating an Iraqi army paints a dangerous picture.
Year after year, President Bush has broken his campaign promises on college aid. And year after year, the Republican leadership in Congress has let him do it.
Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio.
It is unacceptable that someone can work full time - and work hard - and not be able to lift themselves out of poverty.
Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour.
I've seen the same promises -- more jobs, higher wages, the jobs don't materialize ... the promises are remade.
Democrats are ready, willing, and able to provide regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions.
Anyone who's tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current minimum wage does not cut the mustard.
Medicaid protects impoverished children, the frail elderly and people in crisis, .. Its limited resources will be further stretched serving hurricane victims. Proponents of Medicaid cuts either undervalue Medicaid assistance or underestimate American compassion.
In the last two and a half years, since George Bush became president, our nation has hemorrhaged 2.5 million manufacturing jobs, ... Ten percent of our manufacturing jobs have disappeared. ... Good jobs in steel and auto and textiles.