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 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.
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.
He's helped keep Black communities, like the one I live in, safer and stronger. He's done it with empathy and heart.
Isn't that the point? Like, what a crazy question: My race, does it matter?
It's important for diversity to be represented on the bench. Experience is the life of the law.
You don't care the color of their skin when you're applying the law.
I encourage my colleagues to give him all due consideration at today's hearing and urge strong bipartisan support of the...