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
People want a change because they want to see their government on the side of average Americans. Whether it's small business or gas prices, people think the government has betrayed their values.
Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history.
We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and handing over Iraq to the Iraqi people.
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.
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.
I've said nothing negative about Paul Hackett. Let's just leave it at that.
We must know which foreign countries own U.S. assets such as ports, and if any of those deals pose a threat to homeland security.
It does not hold insurance companies accountable when they make medical decisions that harm people.
To get fast-track through Congress, Speaker Gingrich and President Clinton are wheeling and dealing like we've never seen before,
since Congress passed President Bush's trade promotion authority three years ago, we have lost one-sixth of our manufacturing jobs.
Too much is at risk to stop the research before its potential is fully understood.
This drug coverage program was clearly designed by Republicans in Congress to serve the interests of the drug and insurance industries. America's seniors were an afterthought.
I'm disappointed that Senator DeWine once again chose to go along with his party leaders and their big corporate lobbyist supporters. Ohio deserves a Senator who will be more than a rubber stamp.
The reality in Iraq is that we are creating new terrorists and severely damaging the public impression of the United States in the Muslim world.