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.
Right now, there are no federal policies to punish or even track when one of the 140,000 law enforcement officers across the country with access to license plate tracking data misuses that information.
Fort Gordon military personnel and their families deserve the best care possible. That’s why I’m working across the aisle to stop this shortsighted closure.
I’m grateful to the Gullah Geechee community members who shared their experiences and ideas on how we can protect their health while preserving lands that have been passed down for generations.
Coastal Georgia families should not have to choose between their history or their health
Americans of every political persuasion must be able to trust that the IRS applies the tax code objectively under one set of rules.
Data center developers across the country are not operating in partnership with communities, and that’s why everyday citizens on both sides of the aisle are rightly and equally concerned about this.
The lack of transparency here in Effingham County and in counties across our state and across the country is unacceptable, and that’s why today I’m calling for a moratorium on data centers.
“In a nation and in a county or in a state where people say folks are divided, the residents of Effingham County are united in their concern about what’s about to happen to their community, and they’re demanding that their voices be heard,”
“I’m demanding that those who come here to build, to create jobs and bring new opportunities, also take the time to build relationships with the people who already call this home,”
HBCUs are incubators of diverse excellence and have proven their ability time and again to punch above their weight," said Senator Reverend Warnock.
A task force asked to assess AI’s real economic impact on the labor force and the Fed’s mandate to promote maximum employment cannot do so accurately while excluding the very people best positioned to describe how that impact is unfolding…
Georgia communities will be more resilient and better prepared for severe weather with new systems to combat flooding and improved emergency communications.
The people of Georgia stepped up last year when our communities were devastatingly hit by Hurricane Helene.
I am proud to announce that funding is coming to Georgia to help our communities be better prepared for hurricane season and other disasters.
Despite not always having every tool at their disposal, they continue to make massive contributions to the research and development community.
This bipartisan bill will make securing federal dollars for their research efforts that much easier, and I am proud to work alongside another champion of HBCUs in Senator Katie Britt.
HBCUs are incubators of diverse excellence and have proven their ability time and again to punch above their weight,
I’m going to keep asking questions. I’m going to keep holding people accountable.
There are serious concerns in these facilities, particularly around the delivery of basic medical care, and so as a member of Congress, I thought it was important for me, as a voice for Georgia, to spend time speaking directly to those in…
Regardless of your politics, we should all be able to agree on this: everyone deserves to be treated with basic human dignity and respect,
When we come back to Washington, we can fight for those parents and build on this work to check the power of this reckless president.
But this commitment that we were able to get from Ambassador Greer is meaningful, because if the President ignores the law, if he oversteps his power, we will see him in court.
We don’t have to imagine. We are seeing it in real time, and everyday people, as a result of that, are struggling—struggling to buy groceries, struggling to buy gas, struggling to buy their kids back-to-school supplies.
This victory shows what is possible when we center the people in policymaking.





