Richard Blumenthal actually said...

It's a leap into the present in the historic nomination by President Biden of the first Black woman to the United States Supreme Court.

The decisions of the Court in Shelby County and Brnovich that, essentially, have set us back and especially in this area of voting rights.

Historic is a word often overused in this place where a lot of history is made but today seems, truly, to merit it.

It opened the ballot box to millions and millions of Americans and it became regarded as the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement.