I would just take the opportunity to note at this time, Judge Jackson, that it so happens that the Southern District of Georgia is one of just three Federal districts without a Federal defender's office.

I take very seriously my constitutional obligations and responsibilities with respect to advice and consent on behalf of my constituents in Georgia.

democracy remains the exception, not the norm, in history and around the world, and we cannot take the survival of our republic for granted.

democracy is the exception and not the norm in history or around the world, and this public exercise is a vital one

I think the American public is now tuning into these proceedings expecting a substantive discussion of matters of grave importance to the country.

this process continues, and above all, a testament to you personally, that in a nation still striving to transcend the legacies of slavery and segregation and institutionalized racism, through your brilliance and resilience and hard work…

today, I voted that the Senate should proceed to consider H.R. 3755, the Womens Health Protection Act, which would codify in Federal law the privacy of women's reproductive healthcare established by the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade…

Abraham Lincoln must be turning in his grave to hear the Senators from the Grand Old Party--the party of abolition and emancipation and reconstruction--echoing the State's rights rhetoric of Dixiecrat segregationists to oppose Federal…

Forbidding voter registration for run-off elections, driving down the early vote period during divisive runoffs to drive up lines at majority Black precincts. As he used to say, John Lewis didn't give a little blood on that bridge that day…

I know we have other business to attend to and an important debate on a procedure that is ongoing, but I want to note, with respect to my colleague from Maine, that section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is not the entirety of the Voting…

briefly, in responding to the comments from Senator Collins from Maine--a Senator for whom I have great respect and whose reputation for bipartisanship, for substance, and for a thoughtful statespersonlike and patriotic approach to…

Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff has introduced a bill that would ban lawmakers and their families from trading stocks while in office.

I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3488) to…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it recess until 10 a.m., Thursday, January 13; that following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be…

Do you agree that increasing supply, adding units, adding density is key to resolving the crisis of affordable housing?

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand in recess under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:04 p.m., recessed until Thursday, January 13, 2022, at 10 a.m…

It is so important that we continue to pursue these cold cases.

I want to urge my colleagues on this Committee and in the whole Senate, in the interest of pursuing truth and justice in Georgia and across the country, to move these highly qualified nominees to the floor as swiftly as possible and…

We need his skilled representation in east Africa. I know he will do this job with honor and effectively.

It is an honor to join you today to introduce and recommend for confirmation an outstanding diplomat whom I am proud to call a constituent from my hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, Ambassador Michael Battle.

I am an advocate for banning stock trading by Members of Congress who make policy, who have access to information and economic forecasting.

Congratulations on your renomination.

Do you dispute that characterization?

When will the Department be able to make a definitive conclusion about whether there is PFAS contamination in Fort Benning, please?

There was nearly impunity for this murder, and further investigation is necessary to determine how and why officials initially refused to pursue the case.