Raphael Warnock

I think these pop-up facilities are a part of the solution, and we are already seeing declines in vessel backlog, load time, truck turn times.

These investments, as you point out, are critical.

I believe in the dignity of work and it frustrates me, quite frankly, to hear folks moralize about the importance of work while not supporting workers, and their ability to participate in the labor market.

I look forward to some supporting your nomination and continuing to work with you to ensure that Georgia families and businesses and workers continue to recover from the pandemic.

I think closing the coverage gap, which is part of Build Back Better, will also help enable and strengthen workers even as they strengthen the American economy.

This is good news, and it indicates that emergency economic relief programs in the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan have been working.

Women have been especially hard hit by this, especially women and parents with small children.

Justice looks like a black man not having to worry about being harmed or killed while on a jog, while sleeping in his bed, while living what should be a very long life.

Do you agree that these concerns should be prioritized in your work?

I think about the Pigford settlements, for example. Could you be more specific? What specific actions will you take to make sure that farmers of color, and Black farmers, in particular, are treated fairly?

You will agree to commit to working with me on this to make sure that these farmers get justice?

The track record of the USDA with respect to civil rights has been abysmal.

We should do everything we can to expand their pathway for involvement in the ag sector.

That their families are made whole.

In order to serve our rural communities... we have to center their unique concerns in order to get the policy right.

Since my first day in the Senate, I have been laser focused... on closing the Medicaid coverage gap.

Administrative flexibilities provided by USDA have helped provide additional nutrition assistance throughout the pandemic, but I am hearing from the folks back in Georgia that the guidance coming from Washington fails to fully reflect the…

Prevention, affordability, access to good, nutritious food, and access to healthcare are all caught up in a single web.

This is a matter of life and death for people in my State, all across the country, and Congress must act immediately.

Families across Georgia's rural communities are facing added barriers to adequate nutrition, including distance to a grocery store, limited transportation options, and the availability of quality fresh products at an affordable price.

I am proud of the significant number of military families living in the great State of Georgia.

This concerns me and it should concern all of us.

We know that predatory lenders target members of our military, particularly young members of the military.

Families for whom wages are low and the cost of childcare is high.

We call them essential workers. Often they don't make an essential wage.