Cory Booker

Judge Kiel's nomination is momentous, and here's the really magic of it. It is a full-circle realization of the American Dream.

I believe in the grand story of America. This is truly one of the great family journeys.

I am a member of the--excuse me, I am not a member of, but I have supported the ACLU in the State of New Jersey a lot.

It is a righteous thing, that, on the record, in the United States Senate, for, in perpetuity, will be how awesome your mother is.

More healthcare workers have gone on strike in the last 2 years than in the last three decades.

Throughout the pandemic, we hailed nurses as heroes. We owe these heroes not just words, but the fair contracts and safe environments they deserve.

For too long, our economy hasn't worked for working people, and the nurses here today know this too well.

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.

He brings somebody to the bench that we really need: extraordinary empathy.

He will find balance, he will find judicial restraint, he will find aggressive pursuit of justice.

We have a nation that has a proclamation that we are the free Nation, but we incarcerate more people than any other nation on the planet Earth.

He will find balance, he will find judicial restraint, he will find aggressive pursuit of justice.

He brings somebody to the bench that we really need: extraordinary empathy.

We have a nation that has a proclamation that we are the free Nation, but we incarcerate more people than any other nation on the planet Earth.

This is a Jersey boy that I'll assure that will even make my friend from Louisiana, Senator Kennedy, proud.

This is a Jersey boy that I'll assure that will even make my friend from Louisiana, Senator Kennedy, proud.

He's helped keep Black communities, like the one I live in, safer and stronger. He's done it with empathy and heart.

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.

It's important for diversity to be represented on the bench. Experience is the life of the law.

the idea that diversity is important to talk about, to have a criminal justice system that reflects the diversity of the population.

We have a nation that has a proclamation that we are the free Nation, but we incarcerate more people than any other nation on the planet Earth.

He will find balance, he will find judicial restraint, he will find aggressive pursuit of justice.

I encourage my colleagues to give him all due consideration at today's hearing and urge strong bipartisan support of the Committee.

This is a Jersey boy that I'll assure that will even make my friend from Louisiana, Senator Kennedy, proud.

I'm a firm believer that our independent judiciary must reflect the best of America's values and its citizens.