Raphael Warnock

I was deeply disappointed that our colleagues on the other side were unwilling to even have a real debate about this, about the wage gap and the Paycheck Fairness Act.

This disparity will cause long-term damage and have consequences beyond our economy, spilling into housing, instability, food insecurity, and the well-being of our children.

We should ask what these numbers look like for women. And are these jobs providing equitable and liveable wages for women.

The issue is, because of the gender wage gap the likelihood that the female applicant's salary history will show a history of much lower earnings than the male applicant is simply why requesting previous salary histories has a disparate…

A Bureau of Labor statistics study found that working women, particularly women of color, have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

So being underpaid rather than skill and experience becomes a basis for being underpaid, and underpaid in the past, underpaid in the future.

Rural areas deserve public transit as well, and while there are fewer people there is often more ground to cover.

We have got to provide more funding and we have got to lower the barrier.

We got to make sure that the people have their voice and our own democracy. And unfortunately, we`re living in a moment in which there is one party that has decided that rather than adjust their message, they want to shift and distort the…

We need the John Lewis Voting Rights Act because it has the powerful tool called preclearance which will protect future elections. We got to find a way to protect the assault on democracy that`s happening right now.

I remain hopeful, I think that Joe Manchin understands, that this is a defining moment in American history and that our children are going to judge us, grand children are going to judge us based on what we do right now to preserve them for…

The letter actually complained that the relief program will cut into the banks' profits.

I think this is a critical issue, and it is the reason I am introducing the Real Estate Valuation Fairness and Improvement Act along with Senator Klobuchar to help remedy these appraisal disparities which increase the racial wealth gap.

This past weekend, I was honored to be in Fort Valley, Georgia, along with Agriculture Secretary Vilsack for the rollout of the Debt Relief for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers Program I fought to secure in the American Rescue Plan.

I think it is important for banks, especially the biggest banks, to be good corporate citizens.

The Community Reinvestment Act addresses how banks must meet the credit and capital needs of the communities they serve.

This proposed rule would have watered down this important civil rights era legislation and harmed many working-class communities.

Do you believe a joint CRA rulemaking with the Fed, OCC, and FDIC is important to ensure we do not leave our most vulnerable communities behind?

I appreciate the opportunity to talk to you today.

Georgia is the No. 1 forestry State in the Nation, providing directly downstream jobs to over 141,000 Georgians.

Are you aware that its construction in the 1950s and 1960s displaced or separated historic Black neighborhoods in Atlanta?

On Monday, I had an opportunity to speak with Nuria Fernandez, the nominee for Federal Transit Administrator, about the capital investment grant program and the need to invest more in both urban and rural public transportation service for…

I agree with you that the Federal Government has a responsibility to repair what it actually broken.

I am extremely concerned about the impact of these flooding events, particularly on low-income communities and their vulnerability to climate change.

It seems to me that we have an obligation in Congress to make sure that is the case.