"Regardless of your personal feelings, they definitely don't affect your role as a judge."
"It has been 84 days since 1,700 nurses went on strike at Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) University Hospital New Brunswick for improved staffing ratios, fair wages, and decent benefits."
"Throughout the pandemic, we hailed nurses as heroes. We owe these heroes not just words, but the fair contracts and safe environments they deserve."
"More healthcare workers have gone on strike in the last 2 years than in the last three decades."
"For too long, our economy hasn't worked for working people, and the nurses here today know this too well."
"I encourage my colleagues to give him all due consideration at today's hearing and urge strong bipartisan support of the Committee."
"He will find balance, he will find judicial restraint, he will find aggressive pursuit of justice."
"Isn't that the point? Like, what a crazy question: My race, does it matter?"
"You are applying the law, even though you do believe, like most of the people around this dais, that having diverse teams is a good thing for America."
"You don't care the color of their skin when you're applying the law."
"the idea that diversity is important to talk about, to have a criminal justice system that reflects the diversity of the population."