Political Quotes

“I rise tonight to support Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Jackson comes to this floor with impeccable credentials. She graduated from Harvard magna cum laude. She graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where she edited the Harvard Law Review. After graduation, Judge Jackson worked at top firms in private practice and secured three prestigious clerkships, including one for Justice Breyer on the Supreme Court of the United States. Later, she served as a public defender, representing people who couldn't afford a lawyer. I can't think of better evidence of her commitment to equal justice under the law, where everyone, regardless of their means, has the right to fair representation. Judge Jackson is clearly qualified for this position. There is nobody who doubts that. My colleagues know it because the Senate has confirmed her three times with bipartisan support: first, to serve as Vice Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission; second, for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; and, last, for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Taken together, Judge Jackson comes to this floor with the best legal training America can offer: a decade of experience on the Federal bench and a consistent record of bipartisan support here on this floor.…”