Cory A. Booker: “I can't help, always, but pause when I look at rooms like this, and just feel a sense of gratitude and pride in our…”

No one, regardless of their background, deserves that, and their crime is irrelevant to that equation.

I'm excited to support your nomination, but I just want to say for the record, I don't like you.

The historic nature, as Senator Menendez mentioned, of this nomination, cannot be understated.

This is not the time to dismantle the programs that have been successful at breaking down those barriers.