WELCOME BACK. WE HAD A LATE NIGHT DOING OUR JOB AS SENATORS AND YOU AS A NOMINEE AND WE'RE OFF TO A MORNING START. I WAS CONSIDERING ASKING YOU IF YOU WERE A COFFEE OR TEA DRINKER BUT THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE TOO PERSONAL AND IMMATERIAL TO THE QUESTION OF YOUR NOMINATION. I WANT TO BEGIN INSPIRED BY THE PRESENCE OF MY BROTHER SENATOR REVEREND WARNOCK WHO HAS JOINED US THIS MORNING, IN THE SPIRIT OF NATIONAL UNITY OFFERING BANKS FOR THESE PROCEEDINGS FOR OUR CONSTITUTION FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO AIR IN PUBLIC BEFORE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A VITAL GRAPPLING WITH IDEAS CORE TO OUR REPUBLICAN, QUESTIONS OF THE PROPER ROLE OF JUDGES IN OUR SOCIETY, QUESTIONS THAT KEEP THE PEACE AND ENSURE THIS REMAIN AS NATION OF LAWS. AS I NOTED IN MY STATEMENT, DEMOCRACY IS THE EXCEPTION AND NOT THE NORM IN HISTORY OR AROUND THE WORLD AND THIS PUBLIC EXERCISE IS A VITAL ONE. SO I'M THANKFUL FOR IT AND THANKFUL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE IT AND I'M THANKFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE, JUDGE, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY. THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE AS A DISTRICT JUDGE AND APPELLATE JUDGE AND A NOMINEE FOR THE COURT, THANK FOR YOU BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR SUBJECTING YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY TO AN INTRUSIVE, AT TIMES CRUEL AND UNFAIR, BUT ON THE WHOLE NECESSARY AND PROPER PROCESS OF SCRUTINY AS YOU CONSIDERED FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NOW TUNING IN FOR THE SECOND DAY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE HEARING ABOUT YOUR APPROACH TO THE LAW, TO YOUR ROLE AS A JUDGE AND POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND ALSO GETTING TO KNOW YOU PERSONALLY. AND WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR A BIT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR BACKGROUND, I THINK IT'S ALSO APPROPRIATE THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEAR A BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR BROTHER'S STORY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SERVED THE BALTIMORE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY. BEFORE WE TURN TO MATTERS OF LAW, WILL YOU PLEASE HELP INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AS YOU SEEK THIS LIFETIME APPOINTMENT. TELL US A BIT ABOUT HIM AND HIS STORY.