Sherrod Brown Quotes

I have zero interest in being vice president.

My Lutheran faith is important to me.

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

With every year that passes, the more we have to be careful not to forget the causes and consequences of the Great Recession.

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

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.

Democrats are ready, willing, and able to provide regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions.

Foreign companies in the United States have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall.

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

Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies,

We're a country of rule of law, and rule of law doesn't move fast, especially in an entity as big the U.S. government.

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

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

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

That just doesn't make sense, that government should be making money off students.

What's the deal with Johnny Damon? He can't hit. He can't catch. He can't throw. He's sort of the five-tool guy ... without any of the tools!

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

Our men and women in uniform make enough sacrifices for our country. Their credit rating should not be one of those sacrifices.

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

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

The failure of one regional bank, assuming it is following a traditional model, will not threaten the entire system.

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

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

We should forcefully call out China whenever it violates international standards.

No Ohio family should be forced to go hungry during the holidays or any time.

Ohio workers and Ohio manufacturers already know that we are, in fact, in a trade war, and the Chinese have done very well, thank you.

I've seen the same promises
more jobs, higher wages, the jobs don't materialize ... the promises are remade.

I love working for the people of Ohio, and I have a lot more work to do as their senator.