Quote by Sherrod Brown

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.

Republican leadership in Congress let the energy companies w

Summary

This quote suggests that the Republican leadership in Congress, instead of prioritizing the concerns and welfare of working families, allowed energy companies to shape the energy bill in a way that led to high prices. In doing so, they disregarded the difficulties faced by ordinary families who are trying to manage their expenses and meet their basic needs. The quote implies a critique of the Republican leadership for neglecting the financial struggles of everyday citizens in favor of corporate interests.

Topics

Leadership

By Sherrod Brown

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the les

Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems.

Peace

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to ov

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.

Great

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake...

Mistakes

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you fin

Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.

Henry David Thoreau, Journal

Observation

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

Attitude

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our w

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn't wait to leave.

Anatole Broyard

Love Literature Americaandamericans

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It

The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

Liberty

Yet none of these things gave him confidence. All they gave

Yet none of these things gave him confidence. All they gave him was egotism, which is less the conviction of one's worth than the desire for that conviction.

Inspirational Confidence Egotism Conviction

To be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, d

To be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, directed, legislated at, regulated, docketed, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, assessed, weighed, censored, ordered about, by men who have neither the right nor the knowledge nor the virtue.

Pierre Joseph Proudhon

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

The man is either mad, or he is making verses.

Poetry

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacit

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar -- that I call an achievement.

G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenb

Mr. DeMille's theory of sexual difference was that marriage

Mr. DeMille's theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory.

Marriage