THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. WE HAVE TWO SENATORS, SENATOR OSSOFF OF GEORGIA AND SENATOR TILLIS OF NORTH CAROLINA WHO WILL DO THEIR 30 MINUTES OF QUESTIONING TO COMPLETE THE AGENDA FROM YESTERDAY AND THEN EACH SENATOR WILL BE ALLOWED 20 MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS IF THEY WISH BUT THE CHAIR IS MORE THAN ANXIOUS TO ENTERTAIN EFFORTS TO YIELD BACK YOUR TIME. I'M SURE THAT THE WITNESS, JUDGE JACKSON, WOULD APPRECIATE IT AS MUCH AS ALL OF NEWS THAT RESPECT. I'M GOING TO MAKE AN OPENING STATEMENT AND SENATOR GRASSLEY WILL DO THE SAME AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE QUESTIONS BY THE TWO SENATORS. FIRST, I WOULD SAY JUDGE JACKSON, THAT I THOUGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN GOT IT RIGHT YESTERDAY. HE TUNED IN AND WATCHED THE PROCEEDINGS AND SAID YOU SHOWED BOTH GRACE AND DIGNITY. I USED THE PHRASE GRACE UNDER PRESSURE AND IT'S BEEN REFERRED TO BY MANY PEOPLE. THIS IS A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT AND MANY HAVE RISEN TO THE CHALLENGE BUT NONE AS WELL AS YOU DID YESTERDAY. THANK YOU FOR DOING IT SO MUCH. I WOULD JUST SAY THIS, MUCH OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM A HANDFUL OF SENATORS YESTERDAY HAS TO BE PUT IN CONTEXT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SENATORS ON BOTH SIDES I THOUGHT WERE ASKING APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS AND POSITIVE IN THEIR APPROACH AND RESPECTFUL OF THE NOMINEE BEFORE US. BUT FOR MANY SENATORS, YESTERDAY WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE TALKING POINTS FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. FOR EXAMPLE, ALL DEMOCRATS ARE SOFT ON CRIME, THEREFORE THIS NOMINEE THEREFORE MUST BE SOFT ON CRIME. YOU MADE A MESS OF THEIR STEREOTYPE. THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION CHIEF OF POLICE DOESN'T FIT WITH THEIR STEREOTYPE OF HARVARD GRAD, BLACK WOMAN WHO IS ASPIRING TO THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND BUT YOU EARNED IT. LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ON YOUR SIDE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN ON THEIR SIDE AT CRITICAL MOMENTS AND YOUR FAMILY IS DEDICATED A BIG PART OF THEIR LIVES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND YOU OBVIOUSLY BELIEVE IT AT YOUR CORE. YOU SAID THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO THE SOFT ON CRIME CHARGE, WHICH LEADS ALL OTHERS, FALLS ON ITS FACE. THE SECOND THING IS THAT YOU ARE SOMEHOW OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM WHEN IT COMES TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASES AND OF COURSE THAT GETS DOWN TO THE QUESTION OF SENTENCING AND YOUR CHOICES IN SENTENCING. IT'S DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR EACH OF US TO PUT OURSELVES IN YOUR PLACE WHEN YOU ARE FACING ALL OF THE TOTALITY OF FACTS CONCERNING A CERTAIN DEFENDANT AND THEN LOOKING AT YOUR REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE LAW AS ENACTED BY CONGRESS IN TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE BUT TO MEET JUSTICE. YOU ARE IN THE SAME PLACE AS 80% OF FEDERAL JUDGES WHEN IT COMES TO SENTENCING ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASES, 80%, AND OF COURSE CONGRESS IS NOT WITHOUT FAULT. WE HAVE FAILED TO PICK UP THE RESPONSIBILITY ASSIGNED TO US 17 YEARS AGO WHEN THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED THAT THE BASIC GUIDELINES WOULD NOT BE MANDATORY ON JUDGES. WE SHOULD HAVE STEPPED INTO THAT POINT BUT IT'S A TOUGH, HARD CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT AND WE'VE STAYED AWAY FROM IT AND THE JUDGES TRIED TO MAKE DUE WITH A FRACTURED SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE GUIDELINES THAT ARE ADVISORY AND THEY HAVE OPINIONS COMING TO THEM ABOUT SENTENCING FROM THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS PROBATION OFFICE AND OTHERS SO I WOULD SAY THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, YOU HAVE DONE WHAT 80% OF THE JUDGES HAVE DONE. YOU'RE IN THE MAINSTREAM OF SENTENCING WHEN IT COMES TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASES. I ALSO THINK IT'S IRONIC THE SENATOR FROM MISSOURI WHO UNLEASHED THIS DISCREDITED ATTACK REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS OWN CHOICE FOR FEDERAL JUDGE AND EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI HAS DONE EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID. YOU ALSO HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED AS HAVING BEEN WRONG TO BE A PUBLIC DEFENDER OR EVEN TO BE IN A LAW FIRM REPRESENTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEE AND INTERESTING REPUBLICAN JUDGES, VERY CONSERVATIVE ONES DON'T SEE THIS AS A BLEMISH ON YOUR CHARACTER AND UNDERSTAND AS WE DO THE SIXTH AMENDMENT CREATES A RESPONSIBILITY THAT PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO COUNCIL. YOU HAVE EXERCISED THAT RESPONSIBILITY IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE. THIS INCIDENT LED -- INCIDENTALLY YOUR NOMINATION TURNED OUT TO AN TESTING GROUND FOR CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND CULTURE GROUND THEORIES. THE MORE BIZARRE CHARGES AGAINST YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, THE MORE I UNDERSTAND THE SOCIAL MEDIA SCOREBOARD LIT UP YESTERDAY. I'M SORRY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS, THESE ARE NOT THEORIES BUT IN THE MAINSTREAM OF AMERICA BUT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED HERE AS SUCH. FINALLY, YOU ARE RESPECTED SUCCESSFUL WOMAN OF COLOR. YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED THREE TIMES BY THIS COMMITTEE FOR INCREASINGLY SIGNIFICANT JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS. NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS CHOSEN YOU TO SERVE ON THE HIGHEST COURT OF THE LAND. AMERICA IS READY FOR THIS SUPREME COURT GLASS CEILING TO FINALLY SHATTER AND YOU, JUDGE JACKIE EVANCHO IS YOU TO DO IT. SENATOR GRASSLEY. JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON IS YOU TO DO IT. SENATOR GRASSLEY SENATOR ...