Raphael Warnock

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

That their families are made whole.

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

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?

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

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

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

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…

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.

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

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.

I do not believe it is a negative impact. In fact, I think it is a very strongly positive impact on the economy.

People have had to make really hard decisions throughout the pandemic when it comes to their jobs and protecting themselves and their families and their communities.

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

I often say the right thing to do is often the smart thing to do as well.

It is not that parents don't want to work. Raising a small child... during a pandemic without reliable childcare or other supports is a full-time job.