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Latest Fact-Checks On Sherrod Brown

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Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 8, 2021 an interview with Ohio reporters
Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.”
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By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2021
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 2, 2017 a Senate floor speech
Says ExxonMobil "fought to kill" a rule requiring oil and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments.
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By Jon Greenberg • February 8, 2017
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on July 27, 2016 fundraising email
"The Koch network (is) spending more money (in a Senate race) in Ohio than anywhere else in the country."
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By Nadia Pflaum • July 28, 2016
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on June 12, 2013 a conference call with reporters
"Some of these members of the House of Representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies" but want to cut food stamps.
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By Stephen Koff • June 18, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 4, 2013 a news release
 "Three in four low-income workers don’t have any paid sick days available."
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By Tom Feran • February 11, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on October 16, 2012 a debate
"There is no war on coal. Period. There are more coal jobs and more coal produced in Ohio than there were five years ago, in spite of the talking points and the yard signs."
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By Aaron Marshall • October 31, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on December 7, 2011 a Senate banking subcommittee hearing
Richard Cordray’s nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the first time in Senate history "that a political party has blocked a nomination of someone because they didn't like the construction of the agency."
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By Stephen Koff • December 12, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on August 4, 2011 an appearance on MSNBC
"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."
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By Tom Feran • August 29, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on August 2, 2011 a television interview
Says that Wall Street hedge fund managers "pay a lower tax rate than does a sheet metal worker in Parma or a school teacher in Cleveland."
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By Tom Feran • August 22, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 14, 2011 a Senate committee hearing
"Foreign companies in the United States have a significantly higher unionization rate than other companies overall."
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By Tom Feran • April 25, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 7, 2011
The "House-passed budget proposal could cut funding for programs that help keep local neighborhoods safe, slash more than $1.7 million in anti-terror funds for Ohio."
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By Stephen Koff • March 30, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on March 3, 2011 a speech in the Senate
"Hitler didn't want unions. Stalin didn't want unions. Mubarak didn't want independent unions. These autocrats in history don't want independent unions."
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By Tom Feran • March 8, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 22, 2011 a newspaper column
"For every $10,000 invested in business incubators, up to nearly 70 local jobs are generated."
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By James McCarty • March 3, 2011
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on July 14, 2010 an interview with Rachel Maddow
Twenty-two million jobs were created during Clinton’s two terms but only 3 million during Bush’s.
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By Stephen Koff • July 25, 2010
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 25, 2010 an interview on "This Week."
"Fifteen years ago, the assets of the six largest banks in this country totaled 17 percent of GDP ... The assets of the six largest banks in the United States today total 63 percent of GDP."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 27, 2010