Sherrod Brown Quotations

Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies write the energy bill that sent prices soaring, and has turned a blind eye to the struggles of working families trying to make ends meet.

The Republicans are running wild with our tax dollars and it's been a mistake to let this administration continue a policy of incompetence when it comes to Iraq.

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.

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.

It is unacceptable that someone can work full time - and work hard - and not be able to lift themselves out of poverty.

We were told this war would be over in a matter of weeks, and that the Iraqis would be able to finance it with oil sales. We were promised it was not a mission of nation building.

We should not mislead the Iraqis into thinking they have unlimited time to reach a settlement. The longer they think that, the less likely they will be to act.

Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption.

Workers organized and fought for worker rights and food safety, Social Security and Medicare - they fought to change government. And they won.

Ohio is one of only two states that have a minimum wage below the federal level of $5.15 an hour.

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.

Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history.

This year, we are going to take our government out of the hands of corporate special interests and put it back into the hands of Ohio families - where it belongs.

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.

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.

It is past time for Republican leadership to answer for record deficits and reckless spending, both in Iraq and in the U.S. It's time for a plan to bring our troops home.

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 reality in Iraq is that we are creating new terrorists and severely damaging the public impression of the United States in the Muslim world.

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 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.

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.

since Congress passed President Bush's trade promotion authority three years ago, we have lost one-sixth of our manufacturing jobs.

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.

To get fast-track through Congress, Speaker Gingrich and President Clinton are wheeling and dealing like we've never seen before,

We must have a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. forces - or at the very least a plan for it - something the administration has incredulously failed to do for over two years.

It does not hold insurance companies accountable when they make medical decisions that harm people.

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.

Too much is at risk to stop the research before its potential is fully understood.

I've said nothing negative about Paul Hackett. Let's just leave it at that.

That's why this election is so important. You really have to throw the money changers out of the temple.

This bill proposes a fix for a problem that simply doesn't exist.

It's past time for a plan to ensure that our mission in Iraq is a success and that our brave men and women in uniform can begin to come home soon.

I've had primaries before, ... It makes me a stronger candidate.

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.

Clearly, the number of dollars required in Medicaid, very stretched already, will increase. It would be amazingly callous, and to me, unconscionable if they insist on these Medicaid cuts.

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,

The average family earning minimum wage spends 141 percent of their income struggling to meet basic needs - food, shelter, clothing.

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.

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.

These aren't the kind of records to put on a shelf and brag about because they spell bad news for American industry, workers and families.