Sherrod Brown Quotes

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Sherrod Brown

Profession : Politician

Birth : November 9, 1952

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.

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If we expect to continue our leadership in the global economy, we must invest in a long-term transportation plan -f or both highways and transit programs. Too many of our roads, bridges, and railways have fallen into disrepair.

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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.

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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.

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From opposing unfair trade deals to fighting for a fair financial system, Hillary Clinton has shown she puts working families first. She knows as president that her first job will be creating jobs for the middle class. I am proud to endorse her today because I know she will keep Ohio moving forward.

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I have generally and will always fight for clean air and safe drinking water laws.

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I don't look in the mirror and see a president of the United States. I don't have that ambition.

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American tax dollars spent on education are meant to support students, not support aggressive, deceptive, and misleading marketing campaigns by certain for-profit education companies.

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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.

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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.

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

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When the federal government invests in education, it should support quality education and career readiness rather than institutions that make empty promises.

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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.

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People feel these job-killing trade agreements have really squeezed the middle class and caused lots of people to lose their middle-class status.

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

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Raising the minimum wage means raising the living wage - and that's good news for Ohio.

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The current minimum wage simply is not supporting Ohio's working families.

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

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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.

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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.

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