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| https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-washington-bailed-out-billionaires-but-not-hard-working-americans | Brown: Washington Bailed Out Billionaires, But Not Hard-Working Americans | 2016-12-09 | 2016 | 2016-12 | Democrat | House | OH | Sherrod Brown | B000944 | www.brown.senate.gov | legacy | Senator Votes against Funding Bill that Fails to Provide Coal Miners with Healthcare They’ve Earned Friday, December 9, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) issued the following statement tonight after voting against a continuing resolution that failed to provide a meaningful solution for coal miners and widows whose retirement and healthcare are set to run out. Brown has called for Congress to stay through Christmas and keep working for a solution. “Washington has bailed out banks and billionaires, but now that coal miners and widows need healthcare, Congress is taking a vacation,” Brown said. “These hard-working Americans gave their lungs and their backs to power this country. They paid for their healthcare and they were promised it would be there for them. Our refusal to keep that promise is shameful – it’s everything that’s wrong with Washington and it’s why I cannot support this bill.” ### Press Contact Jenny Donohue/Rachel Petri 202-224-3978 | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |