Raphael Warnock

Madam Vice President, we have been summoned here by history. This is not just another routine day in the Senate. This is a moral moment in America. I recall the words of that great American patriot and prophet, Martin Luther King, Jr…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I come to the floor today to honor a friend, our late Senator from Georgia, my predecessor, Senator Johnny Isakson. I mourn this great loss with the rest of Georgia and people all across our Nation, and since his passing, I know I have…

Let`s be really clear. Our democracy is imperiled. And time is running out.

I rise today to honor the life of Dr. Sherif R. Zaki, an exceptional leader at the CDC who passed away on November 21, 2021. Dr. Zaki, who joined the CDC in 1988, was the founder and branch chief of CDC's Infectious Disease Pathology…

The Senate needs to make voting rights the very next issue we take up. We must do voting rights, and we must deal with this issue now.

if that 60-vote rule can change for other things and the dome of the Capitol doesn’t come crashing down because of it, why can’t we change that 60 vote rule to pass voting rights too?

If we are serious about protecting the right to vote that’s under assault right now, here’s the truth. It will fall to Democrats to do it.

We make a terrible error of judgment if we became as if these are ordinary times. These are no ordinary times. And if we don`t do something to protect our democracy, here`s my fear, Rachel. I fear that we may well have crossed a Rubicon…

We must put the fire out. That means we’ve got to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and we must build a fire station to handle future fires.

The judgment of history is upon us. Future generations will ask, when the democracy was in a 911 state of emergency, what did you do to put the fire out?

Some of my Democratic colleagues are saying, but what about -- what about bipartisanship? Isn’t that important? I say, of course it is. But here’s the thing we must remember. Slavery was bipartisan. Jim Crow segregation was bipartisan. The…

Democrats have tried again and again to engage our Republican friends in a discussion on this issue, one that lies at the foundation of our democracy, and time and time again because of a lack of good faith engagement, the rules of the…

I come to the floor today after a long week of wrestling with my conscience. Before we left Washington last week, we in this Chamber made a change in the Senate's rules in order to push forward something that all of us think is important…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Voting Rights

As this January 6th investigation turns to the bigger picture, right? Not just the immediate violent acts in the capitol that day, but the plot that the capitol attack was part of.

We think it`s so important that we changed the rule in order to get there in order to save the economy. Well, the warning lights on our democracy are blinking right now. And we seem unwilling to respond with the same urgency to protect the…

It is misplaced to change the Senate rules only for the benefit of the economy when the warning lights on our democracy are flashing at the same time.

As we cast that vote to begin addressing the debt ceiling this same chamber is allowing the ceiling of our democracy to crash in around us. I happen to believe that our democracy is at least as important as the economy.

We think it’s so important that we changed the rule in order to get there in order to save the economy. Well, the warning lights on our democracy are blinking right now. And we seem unwilling to respond with the same urgency to protect the…

These investments, as you point out, are critical.

Whether it is parents shopping for groceries and holiday presents or businesses trying to deliver for their customers, we have all felt the effects of the current supply chain disruptions.

And after that roundtable and many conversations with the White House supply chain disruptions task force and the Georgia Ports Authority, we were able to secure $8 million to help alleviate congestion at the Port of Savannah.

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.

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.