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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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Jun 12, 2026

Costs are certainly going up. Health care has doubled for millions of Americans and they’re having to figure out how to make their lives work in the midst of this. Many of them are having to choose between food and health care.

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Jun 12, 2026

Do you realize, Madam Secretary—with all due respect—how sterile that answer sounds…right now, somebody is trying to buy groceries in Georgia and they can’t afford them.

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 12, 2026

Seersucker is interwoven with the style and tradition of the South,” said Senator Warnock. “I’m proud to continue this storied bipartisan Senate tradition of Georgia cotton, Southern charm, and fashion alongside Senator Cassidy.

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Jun 11, 2026

If you spend 15 minutes on the ground in Savannah, Georgia … you’ll understand why seersuckers are a good thing. It’s hot, and these fabrics are nice and cool in the summer, and it’s a fun thing to do, and I think we do it in a bipartisan…

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Jun 11, 2026

It will not fix the problem at the pump, but it will at least provide some relief to American workers.

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Jun 11, 2026

I’m simply asking the IRS and Department of the Treasury to consider helping Americans by making an adjustment to the standard business mileage reimbursement rate.

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Jun 11, 2026

For months, millions of Americans have seen their livelihoods affected by the surge in gas prices. President Trump’s senseless war in Iran has imperiled the livelihoods of these Georgians.

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Jun 11, 2026

Every employee should feel safe and comfortable in their working environment, and that’s just not the case right now at the IRS Atlanta campus.

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 11, 2026

I’m appalled and disgusted by the working conditions that IRS employees at the Atlanta campus face. I’m urging Secretary Bessett and IRS CEO Bisignano to remedy the situation as quickly as possible.

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 11, 2026

Specifically, the Trump Administration’s withdrawal of global health funding that once supported outbreak detection and surveillance across parts of Africa has led to the erosion of the international disease-monitoring infrastructure…

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Jun 11, 2026

The dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the withdrawal from key international organizations such as the WHO, and the abrupt foreign aid cuts have had the combined effect of degrading our outbreak…

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Jun 11, 2026

Grocery costs increased about 3% in the last year and expected to increase by another 3.2% this year.

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Jun 11, 2026

I’m trying to make sure that I’m doing everything I can for farmers and families in Georgia. So, I’m concerned about the ways in which they’re struggling.

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 11, 2026

Costs are certainly going up. Health care has doubled for millions of Americans and they’re having to figure out how to make their lives work in the midst of this. Many of them are having to choose between food and health care.

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 11, 2026

Do you realize, Madam Secretary—with all due respect—how sterile that answer sounds…right now, somebody is trying to buy groceries in Georgia and they can’t afford them

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 10, 2026

I express my utmost support for these two programs and hope Secretary Duffy and the Trump administration reconsider their position and work with Congress to ensure these programs continue to benefit all Americans.

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 10, 2026

The decision by DOT to declare the DBE and ACDBE programs unconstitutional and the department’s intention to rewrite programs so they fit the administration’s agenda is deeply concerning.

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 10, 2026

If the Department proceeds with its murky implementation of the IFR, it will be solely responsible for the chaos that follows.

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Jun 6, 2026

Madam President, my friends on the other side of the aisle continue to falsely argue that their last reconciliation bill did not cut Medicaid, but now nearly one year after this monstrosity passed, I call it the one big ugly bill, millions…

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 6, 2026

Seersucker is interwoven in the style and tradition of the South,

cassidy.senate.gov
Jun 5, 2026

It represents the annual cost of groceries for nearly 11 million American households.

warnock.senate.gov
Jun 5, 2026

The $70 billion that Senate Republicans will force through this week could fund universal pre-K for all 3-and 4-year-olds in this country for two years. Our government doesn’t suffer from a lack of resources. We suffer from a lack of…

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Jun 5, 2026

Since Republicans refused to reverse these harmful cuts, my amendment simply asks for transparency. That’s it.

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Jun 5, 2026

If my colleagues have nothing to hide, they should have no problem with transparency to reveal the scale of coverage loss.

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