Be sure to punch the button so we can hear you loud and clear. Thank
you. Good morning. Chairman. German recommend Ember Grassley and
members of the committee. I am Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, chair
of the Congressional Black Caucus representative for Ohio's third
district and a proud Hbcu graduate. It is an honor to appear before
you to express my strong and unwavering support.
For the nomination of Judge Tangie Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court
of the United States. As the nation has learned during these hearings,
Judge Jackson is an exceptionally qualified jurists of unimpeachable
character.
As chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. I speak on behalf of
59 members of Congress, including 28, black women and 31 Black Man.
Together representing 17 million Black Americans and 82 million
Americans for over two centuries since our country's founding
The court consisted exclusively of white men of the 115 justices
108 have been white men. Judge Jackson would be only the sixth woman.
And the first black woman to serve on our nation's highest court.
If confirmed, she would shatter a glass ceiling that many Americans,
including those who fought and died for voting rights, are more perfect
union and adjust. America believed that they would never lived to
see it broken.
As a black woman myself. I urge this body to remember that Judge
Jackson's confirmation vote must not be isolated to her gender or
to her race.
Instead.
I urge you to closely examine her credentials and her sterling judicial
record to me. They read like a storybook for perfectly prepared Jewish
to sit on the nation's highest court.
She is grounded in family values, love of God and country and academic
excellence. In my recent conversation with her
It became immediately clear why President Biden chose her. Her life
experience, education and reverence for the rule of law clearly demonstrate.
That she has been preparing for this moment her entire life.
Senators this week quoted Dr King and as I am reminded to paraphrase
King said,
Give us the ballot so we could put judges on the bench who will do
justice and love mercy. Judge Jackson will do exactly that.
Sadly, but not surprisingly, Judge Jackson has been the subject of
an affair tax. These bad faith efforts exists, despite a resume that
arguably surpasses those of previous nominees.
I remind this body
In America just last year.
Judge Jackson was confirmed by this body on a bipartisan vote to
serve on the D C circuit court.
And that she clerked for Justice. Breyer, who's very seat she is
being considered for just Jackson's confirmation will send a message
to black women and little girls like my granddaughter, Leah, whose
mother is the first black woman to serve on the 10th district Court
of Appeals, and Leah's first known president was a black man, and
now she sees a black female vice president.
So if a guidance counselor tells her your goals are too high, she
will remember how Judge Jackson sword against adversity as one of
our nation's brightest legal minds.
I want to be clear, crystal clear.
Judge Jackson will be a judge that will serve all of America and
all of America can be proud of watching Judge Jackson sit at this
very table.
Displaying poise, grace, courage and brilliance, no matter what was
thrown at her reminds me of the she rose, who showed her she stands
on.
From Ida B. Wells to Rosa Parks to Constance Baker Motley, the first
black woman to argue at the Supreme Court. In the first black woman
appointed to the federal judiciary. These heroic Americans and Judge
Jackson remind me of this race. Senators never limit yourself because
of others limited imagination.
Never limit others because of your
Own limited imagination. Lastly, the Congressional Black Caucus,
often called the conscience of the Congress is calling on all senators
to dig deep into their hearts and minds to unequivocally stamp out
any unconscious or conscious bias or Dems discrimination.
As this process moves forward, CBC stands with Judge Jackson to ensure
that she will be treated with the dignity and respect she serves.
Let's change America and confirm her with a bipartisan vote. Thank