Raphael Warnock

We passed the American Rescue Plan, which is, you know, a step in addressing some of the disparities that you talked about exacerbated by the pandemic.

It is an honor to be here at my first Joint Economic Committee hearing, and I look forward to working under your leadership.

They need to get rid of the filibuster in order to pass the voting rights bill that already passed in the House of Representatives, at least just do a simple carve out.

This is what Dr. King meant when he said that there comes a time when silence is betrayal.

The most fundamental question is, where do you stand on voting rights?

Dr. King used to say the arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice. It’s our job to keep bending the arc.

They don`t like the outcome, and so this is democracy in reverse.

If we hadn’t won this election, if Georgia hadn’t stood up, the people of Georgia, we wouldn’t have passed that $1.9 trillion bill we just passed, the American Rescue Plan.

If you think that this is something happening down in Georgia, you are misapprehending the moment that we`re living in. If you think that this is something happening to black voters, you still don`t quite clearly understand. This is a…

I believe in democracy. I believe that democracy is, as I said a couple weeks ago, is the political enactment of a spiritual idea.

It is about whether we are who we say we are. Either we are a democracy or we’re not.

Somehow, the actions of a state legislator knocking on the door of a governor who is signing a law that impacts her constituents, by her actions, were somehow so dangerous and criminal that she got charged with two felonies.

If there`s one thing that`s clear, it`s that the Georgia election was certainly free of any consequential fraud. We counted the votes not once, not twice, but three times. So, what`s the purpose of all of this? They don`t like the outcome…

History is watching us, and our children are counting on us.

If you want to honor Dr. King, stand up against voter suppression right now.

I rise today to join my colleagues-- Senator Brown; Senator Booker; the Presiding Officer, Senator Bennet-- in shining a bright spotlight on the tragedy of child poverty and what the Senate needs to do and can do to eliminate poverty…

the notion that you`re going to protect the rights of the minority at the -- in the Senate, at the expense of the rights of the minorities across the United States is absurd.

So, what`s the purpose of all of this? They don`t like the outcome. And so this is democracy in reverse, where politicians have decided that, instead of the voters picking their representatives, the representatives have a right to…

Our democracy is in a 911 emergency. And I`m not about to be stopped or stymied by debates about Senate rules.

So, you are literally going to make public policy based on a lie, based on the feeling that some people have that things didn’t turn out the way they should have turned out? Is that how we make public policy? We counted the votes not once…

Our democracy is in a 911 emergency. And I’m not about to be stopped or stymied by debates about Senate rules. It’s a contradiction for us to say we must protect minority rights in the Senate, while right now here in Georgia, they’re…

It is that big lie that is the fuel for these terrible voter suppression laws that we see coming out of the state of Georgia. And we have had to push hard against the big lie and make sure that we secure the democracy for all of our…

The ball is in the court of the legislature.

Food insecurity, lack of access to health care, particularly in States that have yet to expand Medicaid, larger issues around health, including obesity, all part of a network of care that we address by expanding Medicaid.

What is our legislature doing? They`re busy in the -- under the gold dome here in Georgia trying to prevent people from being able to vote the same day they register.