Ten Facts That Show White House Incompetence Hurts Ohio

In response to President Bush's speech at Cleveland's City Club, Sherrod released the following 10 facts that show how the White House's incompetence hurts Ohio.

1. Ohio has lost more than 175,000 manufacturing jobs since 2001 (Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services)
2. Ohio has lost 49,866 jobs due to NAFTA (Economic Policy Institute)
3. Ohio has lost 58,000 jobs to China between 1989 and 2003 (Economic Policy Institute)
4. As of January of this year, home heating costs were expected to increase by 74 percent throughout the Midwest, with gas prices increasing 33 percent in Ohio since May of 2004 (Energy Information Administration - U.S. Department of Energy)
5. 229,000 Ohioans have lost their employer-sponsored insurance since 2000 (Kaiser Family Foundation)
6. An estimated 674,792 of Ohio's Medicare beneficiaries still lacked sufficient prescription drug coverage as of mid-February, with only two months until the enrollment deadline (Kaiser Family Foundation)
7. Ohio college tuition increased nearly 70% since the 2000-2001 school year (Ohio Board of Regents)
8. Ohioans have spent more than $9 billion dollars on the war in Iraq (National Priorities Project)
9. Ohio local law enforcement has suffered $11,879,471 in funding cuts under the Bush administration (DHS)
10. The Bush administration wants to cut 25 % for first responders in FY 2007 (White House Budget Proposal)

UPDATE: The Plain Dealer runs Sherrod's list on their political blog, OPEN. LINK

03/20/2006 / Permalink / Iraq, National Security, (all tags)

Sherrod Calls for Halt to Trade Negotiations with the United Arab Emirates

Sherrod calls for a halt to UAE Port Deal

In response to the proposed outsourcing of America's port security to the United Arab Emirates, Sherrod calls on United States Trade Ambassador Rob Portman -- a former Ohio Congressman -- to halt negotiations with the Mideast nation.  Sherrod also plans to introduce legislation that would strengthen American's national security through trade agreements.

The announcement will be made at news conference today at 2:00 PM at the Cleveland Port Authority.  Check back here for updates.

What do you feel about the UAE Port Deal?  Let Sherrod know your thoughts by writing him directly at:

http://sherrodbrown.com/write/letter

Sherrod wrote about the situation at the Huffington Post.

02/24/2006 / Permalink / National Security, Sherrod Brown, Trade, (all tags)

Senate candidate visits Toledo, discusses security, domestic policy

From Toledo Blade:

Brown defends intelligence votes
Senate candidate visits Toledo, discusses security, domestic policy

U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown defended his 1990s-era votes to cut intelligence funding yesterday and vowed to take the campaign fight on national security to Republican incumbent Mike DeWine.

...After blasting President Bush's budget at a food bank and talking health care and free trade with social justice activists, Mr. Brown said he would not change his past votes on intelligence.

"Part of it was we wanted more oversight of what was happening," Mr. Brown said. "Intelligence gathering, they had a lot of money and were not using it well. And clearly in 9/11, the Bush Administration had intelligence they didn't use. We needed internal reforms in intelligence gathering."

Click here to read full article.

02/22/2006 / Permalink / National Security, Toledo, (all tags)