I think we have an obligation in the Congress to set forth a code of ethics.

Thank you to President Biden for his vision and wisdom and courage in nominating you.

I feel very strongly--I know that a number of us on the Committee agree--that more transparency, more visibility is important for the public to understand what goes on in the courtroom.

I really appreciate your candor and the completeness of the work you've done.

It enhances the dominance of just a few of those tech companies, just a few of the corporations.

There are a lot of people who are book-smart. There are not as many people who are person-smart, and you are both.

I look forward, as I hope many of us do, to a bipartisan majority in support of your candidacy.

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.

I don't think anybody has ever said about us that we have the perfect temperament for a Senator.

I think he said that the dissent that he is proudest of was in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District.

Access to the courts should be available to everyone.

The Supreme Court needs to do its job; it needs to issue signed opinions, not the shadow docket.

much of America is watching these proceedings on a split screen. On one hand they are literally seeing the death and destruction in Ukraine, Russia's brutal, barbaric assault on individual rights, basic freedoms that we often take for…

I think we should all feel that excitement and pride in this moment, and the extraordinary journey that has brought you here.

The simple fact of the matter is, Judge Jackson, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

the right to vote is foundational of all other rights

on March 14, 2022, I was unable to cast a vote on rollcall vote No. 79, the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar No. 726, the nomination of Shalanda D. Young of Louisiana, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget. I…

I want to thank my really distinguished and able colleague and friend from Ohio, Senator Portman, and Senator Wicker, and also Senator Klobuchar, who accompanied us on this trip and enabled us to be so much more effective because of her…

I want to add one more quotation to the very stirring and powerful words that my colleague from Ohio has just given us. Decades ago, President John F. Kennedy went to Berlin, and in a statement of resolve and commitment that mobilized the…

I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak prior to the scheduled vote: Myself for up to 5 minutes, Senator Murray for up to 5 minutes, and Senator Schumer up to 3 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

we will be voting in just a few minutes on the Women's Health Protection Act, which I have proudly sponsored, first introduced in 2013. I want to thank particularly Senator Schumer for his leadership and Senator Murray for enabling us to…

Gasoline for cars is an essential for certain basic living requirements. And that`s why the federal government should be suspending this gas tax.

We are prepared to fight, make no mistake. We are prepared to fight ferociously and use all the options we have to get this job done. It`s a job that will get done. This nominee will be confirmed.

I have 1 request for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committees…

just to be clear, I understand my colleague's point, but I think I have highlighted and I want to emphasize again the limited purposes for which our taxpayer dollars are used and the advocacy, the healthcare, the contraception, HIV…