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Raphael Warnock

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Raphael Gamaliel Warnock is an American pastor and politician currently serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia since January 20, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Warnock is the first African American to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. He previously served as the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, a position that has deep historical significance in the civil rights movement. Warnock's legislative focus includes issues such as voting rights, healthcare, and economic justice.

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Aug 6, 2025

I am heartbroken to see the news of an active shooter incident

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Jun 30, 2025

Those 42,000 Georgia jobs and hundreds of thousands of jobs nationwide are at risk. That is why North America's building trade unions call this bill the biggest job-killing bill in the history of this country. I urge my colleagues to vote…

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Jun 17, 2025

I think there’s too much money in our system whether you’re talking about oil and gas or the gun industry, it’s a serious democracy problem.

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Jun 17, 2025

We clearly need some kind of regulatory structure.

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May 31, 2025

The people of Georgia hired me to stand up for them. And this really is a critical week.

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May 31, 2025

I believe in work. And I recently released a study in Georgia that shows that this work reporting requirement... is very good at kicking people off of their health care.

nbcnews.com
May 31, 2025

This work reporting requirement is very good at kicking people off of their health care.

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May 31, 2025

They’re going to throw poor people away.

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May 1, 2025

I’m confident that as Whip, he will continue his work unifying our caucus and advancing our shared priorities.

nbcnews.com
Mar 31, 2025

In the first few months of the Trump administration, it has been clear that this administration is not working for--

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Mar 31, 2025

Good trouble. We had a 1960 sit-in in the Governor's office. Waves of us got arrested. They arrested one wave. Then another wave came, and another wave came. We were trying to get Georgia to expand Medicaid.

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Mar 31, 2025

You came right after that. I got arrested in the Governor's office in Georgia, fighting for healthcare.

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Mar 31, 2025

``The most shocking and most inhumane.'' It is the reason why, as a pastor, inspired by Dr. King, leading the congregation that Dr. King led--way back in 2014, when the Affordable Care Act was passed, were you here? You came after.

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Mar 31, 2025

You know, this is the reason why every Sunday and every weekend, when I leave here, I return not only to Georgia, but I return to my pulpit. Some folks ask: Why do you continue to lead Ebenezer Church? I return to my pulpit every Sunday…

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Mar 31, 2025

And the answer comes: In as much as you have done it to the least of these, you have done it also unto me. Another part of that text says: And when you don't do it for the least of these, you don't do it for me. The Scripture says that the…

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Mar 31, 2025

I was in prison, and you came to visit me. And someone asked: Lord, when were You sick? When were You in prison? When were You an undocumented immigrant?

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Mar 31, 2025

It is a long chapter, but in the section we are talking about, in Matthew 25, Jesus says: I was hungry and you fed me. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was sick.

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Mar 13, 2025

I think come ’26, ’28, we’ll get some new leadership.

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Mar 12, 2025

Quite frankly, both outcomes are bad. Elections have consequences, but this is an extreme bill.

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Mar 12, 2025

I think it advances this project that we’re seeing come from the executive branch, this power grab that does not respect that the power of the purse is with the Congress.

foxnews.com
Mar 12, 2025

Elections have consequences, but this is an extreme bill. If it passes, it will hurt a lot of ordinary people on the ground.

foxnews.com
Mar 12, 2025

The problem I have with the bill is that I think it advances this project that we’re seeing come from the executive branch, this power grab that does not respect that the power of the purse is with the Congress.

vox.com
Mar 11, 2025

I think it advances this project that we’re seeing come from the executive branch, this power grab that does not respect that the power of the purse is with the Congress.

nbcnews.com
Mar 11, 2025

Elections have consequences, but this is an extreme bill.

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