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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.

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Jul 18, 2021

Sadly, what we`re seeing in Georgia is an attempt to deny certain people the ability to have their voices heard in our democracy. As I have said time and time again, some people don`t want some people to vote. Congress must take action on…

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Jul 18, 2021

This new law also reduces the time for runoff elections from 9 weeks to 28 days.

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Jul 16, 2021

Some people don’t want some people to vote. That’s what this is about.

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Jul 14, 2021

The easy fix to this is to spend on STEM education by subsidizing student tuition.

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Jul 14, 2021

The expanded child tax credit essentially provides a tax cut for middle-class families, cutting childhood poverty nearly in half nationwide.

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Jul 14, 2021

Supply chain threats are not only a result of specific national security components built overseas, but also a result of the failure or inability for domestic industries here at home to grow.

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Jul 14, 2021

I could feel the urgency in the voices of the farmers as I talked to them about this throughout Georgia.

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Jul 14, 2021

I am planning to introduce this legislation, along with Senator Klobuchar and Chairman Brown here in the Senate.

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Jul 14, 2021

These issues and a focus on them will certainly benefit rural and coastal communities all across the State of Georgia.

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Jul 12, 2021

Some people don’t want some people to vote.

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Jun 22, 2021

subsidizing early childhood education will accomplish that by making sure that more children, the parents and the families of more children can afford the high-quality investments

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Jun 22, 2021

If Congress invested what it should in high-quality childcare, how could this actually benefit the broader economy even for folks who do not have children?

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Jun 22, 2021

We are building the foundation for the kids that will be here tomorrow to run our Nation.

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Jun 22, 2021

Right now, across the nation, constitutional rights are being assaulted. And I fear that if we don’t act as a body in this moment, we will have crossed a dangerous Rubicon in our nation that will make it extremely difficult for the next…

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Jun 22, 2021

I think it is one of our Nation's travesties, the wages that childcare workers are paid.

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Jun 22, 2021

I rise today at a defining moment in American history and at a time when I sincerely believe that what we do or fail to do will have long-lasting and far-reaching implications for the health, viability, and vitality of the world's greatest…

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Jun 22, 2021

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

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Jun 22, 2021

Across the nation, constitutional rights are being assaulted, and I fear that if we don’t act as a body in this moment, we will have crossed a dangerous Rubicon in our nation.

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Jun 22, 2021

Some people don’t want some people to vote.

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Jun 22, 2021

Surely some of my Republican friends believe in this chamber we should be able to debate about voting rights. After all, voting rights are preservative of all other rights and what could be more hypocritical and cynical than invoking…

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Jun 21, 2021

What could be more hypocritical and cynical than invoking minority rights in the Senate as a pretext for preventing debate about how to preserve minority rights in the society?

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Jun 21, 2021

Congress should ensure that all of the agencies working on network deployment communicate with each other, set similar standards, and make it easy for entities to coordinate applying for money.

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Jun 21, 2021

Thank you, Senator Warnock, for highlighting the importance of digital equity.

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Jun 17, 2021

I have never been opposed to voter ID, and in fact, I don’t know anybody who is who believes people shouldn’t have to prove that they are who they say they are.

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Jun 16, 2021

These critical services enable aging individuals and people with disabilities to remain in their own homes, to stay active in their communities, to lead independent lives instead of moving to institutional settings.

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