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
Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy groceries. The current minimum wage is simply not enough.
The current minimum wage simply is not supporting Ohio's working families.
Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.